Re: Zimbra with Sun Directory, ... Solaris?

["Robert M. Thompson" <ab5602@wayne.edu>]

All,

The Solaris/Sun brand is also the mainstay of our IT infrastructure, especially SunOne Directory.  I don't think that porting the Zimbra schema to SunOne is impossible, but rather, I'm in complete agreement with Steve in his statement "It's really best to think of Zimbra as a turn-key delivered product.". 

We evaluated both options (disecting LDAP or leaving it bundled), and have in the past successfully integrated other turnkey product schemas into our SunOne LDAP schema.  The major problem always turns out to be upgrades/updates.  If you want to maintain the simplicity and the integrity of Zimbra's stellar upgrade process, avoid customized external LDAP schemas like the plague.

-Rob

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Rob Thompson, Systems Analyst
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Wayne State University
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----- "Bill Moss" <bill.moss@nyu.edu> wrote:

> Not sure anyone would know but am interested in other .edu's
> thoughts:
> 
> Zimbra can authenticate against a Sun Directory, what keeps it from  
> supporting Sun Directory as its main LDAP store?
> Is the structure of Zimbra's schema (or objects) incompatible with Sun
>  
> Directory? If not, what other factors make Sun Directory
> unsupportable/ 
> impossible with Zimbra (is it wanting to have the whole thing OSS,  
> licensing, ..)?
> 
> What is likelihood for Zimbra to support Solaris?
> 
> I ask because I'm guessing we're not alone in having significant  
> infrastructure built around Sun Directory and Solaris Sparc. Adopting 
> 
> Zimbra (for us) would be a much easier prospect if Sun Directory,  
> Solaris, or ideally both, were supported.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Moss
> ITS eServices