[luau] LDAP Integration of Everything at Mid-Pacific Institute

[Mark Kellman]

After this is done, I'd appreciate making the steps of the implementation 
available to the list.


>From: Warren Togami <warren at togami.com>
>Reply-To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>Subject: [luau] LDAP Integration of Everything at Mid-Pacific Institute
>Date: 08 Apr 2002 02:45:56 -1000
>
>I was about to buy SuSE eMail server III for $1,000 for an easy to
>install LDAP based solution that does e-mail, web based LDAP user
>administration, web based mail, groupware scheduling, etc, but I now
>realize that PHPGroupware with the other available Open Source tools has
>in most cases better features than their inflexible and semi-proprietary
>solution.
>
>As a result, I've decided to instead throw that $1,000 at local Linux
>folks who can help to implement this.  I need this to be implemented
>QUICKLY.  Below are the preliminary goals for this project:
>
>1. OpenLDAP based server that contains the user schema that PAM, Samba
>and PHPGroupware can authenticate upon.  Encrypted password between Unix
>and Samba must be synchronized (two different cyphers).
>2. OpenLDAP used for public and private address books.
>3. Replicated backup of OpenLDAP server for redundancy protection.
>4. Central storage for each account.  Two quotas if possible, one for
>mail and one for file storage.  File storage must be the same between
>Linux desktop, Samba, and Netatalk logins.
>5. Web based interface like SuSE E-mail Server III's admin interface so
>non-Unix people (Windows admins, Teachers) can easily manage the LDAP
>users and groups.  Please try their online demo to see what it is like.
>http://www.suse.com  I'd like for this to be written in PHP, but I could
>be convinced otherwise.
>6. SMTP server that can authenticate off of LDAP or PAM for roaming
>(off-campus) user security.  Needs anti-virus and spam protection for
>both incoming and outgoing mail.
>7. IMAP server with user level configurable quotas.  Students get less
>space, teachers get more space.
>8. PHPGroupware setup mainly for group scheduling for school
>administrative staff, but also optional IMAP web based mail client.
>9. Samba domain controller, authenticating off of LDAP.
>10. Netatalk appletalk file server, authenticating off of LDAP.
>11. All of this Documented so we can easily recreate it later.
>
>Most of these steps will be easy because the Open Source Software is
>already written.  The hard parts will be in writing the web based LDAP
>user administrator, Samba scripts and schema, overall integration and
>securing this ugly beast.
>
>I still need school approval of this plan, but I'm confident that I will
>get it.  The main part that they want is the groupware scheduling, but
>this LDAP based solution kills so MANY other birds with one stone.
>Heck, it is a FLOCK OF BIRDS.
>
>Please post ideas for now.
>
>sleep time for me...
>
>
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