On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 05:47 -0400, Steve Brenneis wrote:
Without detouring off-topic too far, in certain situations, LDAP
configuration allows for consistency that may be critical. For instance,
in some parallel and clustered systems that share resources like file
systems, memory, and even process space, identical configuration of
users, groups, and other details is essential.
So, for instance, if you are the SA running a 30 node cluster, and you
have to deal with a local registry, you now have to duplicate everything
you do across 30 nodes. Whereas, with LDAP configuration, you perform
the action once. Fewer chances to get it wrong, fewer chances to do
injury to critical enterprise components. Yes, this gives you a single
point of failure, but if this becomes difficult, then you simply run
slurpd on a backup system and in the event of a failure, you need only
change one config file on all your systems and you are back up and
running again.
That's just one example. I'm sure there are more.
While I agree LDAP has its place in centrally administered scenarios, I
don't think this is valid for FC. Fedora is aimed at the desktop, not at
the data center.