SSSD is a system daemon. Its primary function is to provide access to identity and authentication remote resource through a common framework that can provide caching and offline support to the system. It provides PAM and NSS modules, and in the future will D-BUS based interfaces for extended user information. It provides also a better database to store local users as well as extended user data. 

SSSD - System Security Services Daemon

The enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. OpenLDAP and Fedora Directory Server were both derived from the original University of Michigan slapd project. In 1996 the original developers of slapd became Netscape employees and developed Netscape Directory Server, which is now Fedora Directory Server. Its features include:
<ul><li> Multi-Master Replication, to provide fault tolerance and high write performance
</li><li> Scalability: thousands of operations per second, tens of thousands of concurrent users, tens of millions of entries, hundreds of gigabytes of data
</li><li> The codebase has been developed and deployed continuously by the same team for more than a decade
</li><li> Extensive documentation including helpful Installation and Deployment guides
</li><li> Active Directory user and group synchronization
</li><li> Secure authentication and transport (SSLv3, TLSv1, and SASL)
</li><li> Support for LDAPv3
</li><li> On-line, zero downtime, LDAP-based update of schema, configuration, management and in-tree Access Control Information (ACIs)
</li><li> Graphical console for all facets of user, group, and server management
</li></ul>

The enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. OpenLDAP and Fedora Directory Server were both derived from the original University of Michigan slapd project. In 1996 the original developers of slapd became Netscape employees and developed Netscape Directory Server, which is now Fedora Directory Server.

389 Directory Server - Powerful OpenSource LDAP

FreeIPA is an integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers. 

FreeIPA - Identity and Access Management for Linux

Mandriva Directory Server is an enterprise directory platform based on LDAP designed to manage identities, access control informations, policies, application settings and user profiles. If you already use Samba, Postfix, Squid or CUPS, you can benefit from MDS today to manage your infrastructure.
<ul><li>user authentication and management thanks to LDAP
</li><li>an extensible, nice looking and AJAX powered PHP web interface called MMC (Mandriva Management Console), provided with 6 modules:
<ul><li>Users and groups management
</li><li>SAMBA accounts and shares management
</li><li>Printing management
</li><li>Email delivery management
</li><li>Integrated DNS/DHCP management
</li><li>Web proxy blacklist management
</li></ul></li><li>a Python dedicated management API for LDAP, SAMBA and SQUID (core of the MDS and the MMC)
</li><li>a policy system, that will allow to define users right on network ressources
</li></ul>

Mandriva Directory Server is an enterprise directory platform based on LDAP designed to manage identities, access control informations, policies, application settings and user profiles. If you already use Samba, Postfix, Squid or CUPS, you can benefit from MDS today to manage your infrastructure.

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