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

[Dustin Cross]

This is basically the same thing I am trying to get working at my house.

Getting phpgroupware up and running is easy.  That gives you e-mail,
calender, and a whole lot of stuff you'll never need.  The new version
(.9.14-RC2) is much easier to install than .9.12.

Dusty


> 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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