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[Attila Sukosd <attila.sukosd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Ye, I was about to ask if anyone has looked into Samba 4 or 389 Directory
Server, as a free, open source replacement to AD.


Best,

Attila


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Bolesław Tokarski <
boleslaw.tokarski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> On 02/12/2013 01:32 PM, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
>> How do you deal with Active Directory licensing? Are you buying a Server
>> Client Access Licenses for each Ubuntu machine?
>>
>>  I got the information. It appears we own an Enterprise CAL suite per
> employee, so it does not matter whether he uses Ubuntu or Windows on the
> client machine. It seems a better approach than a per-device licensing as
> it seems we have much more devices than users.
>
> As I am thinking about minimising the cost of an Active Directory
> instance, this may be problematic. We use SSSD to authenticate directly
> against a domain controller, so each device actively connects to the DC, so
> license-wise we would need to have a per-device/user license anyway.
> However, just the policy part does not seem to be a problem - it is just
> one server getting LDAP details from AD.
>
> I remember there was some change in Microsoft's licensing that they added
> a paragraph about multiplexing devices, so if you used a login forwarder
> (say, an LDAP proxy) you would still need to count devices connecting from
> behind the multiplexer. I am not sure how the MS license applies to a Samba
> 4 Domain Controller server running on par with Windows DC - it is not a
> multiplexing device, it authenticates users on its own.
>
> I saw a number of organizations approaching the CAL licensing more or less
> seriously. Most small businesses that just want 'a server' buy the default
> Windows Server which comes with 5 CALs, never caring that they actually
> break the license by allowing it to be used by their 20-30 employees. This
> is a perfect example why you should do better investigation when comparing
> costs Linux versus Windows.
>
> If you want to be paranoid, you may note Microsoft patents. As recent
> trials show, Microsoft owns even such bizarre patents as "Filesystem
> containing both short and long file name", which by accident seems to be
> all of VFAT, FAT32 and NTFS, so if you are using a FAT32 filesystem on a
> USB stick and you are a sole Linux user, you should still pay Microsoft for
> using their patented technology. See also: http://www.osnews.com/story/**
> 24800/Microsoft_Earns_More_**from_Android_than_Windows_**Phone_7<http://www.osnews.com/story/24800/Microsoft_Earns_More_from_Android_than_Windows_Phone_7>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ballock
>
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