> 
> My god.... The server components list is ungodly! It requires LDAP which
is
> non-trivial to setup/maintain this doesn't really look to be a very
> manageable solution to me. Looks like a lot of moving parts and
additional
> headache during upgrades etc.=20

Microsoft Active Directory is an LDAP implementation (or at least is LDAP
compliant). I figure, considering licensing costs and platform options, any
good admin wouldn't have a problem going for the Linux solution were it
available. It would beat the alternative.

EM