Can a Linux LDAP server support Linux, Solaris, and Windows clients?

[Hiroshi]

My current environment consists of Linux servers, Solaris servers, and Windows servers and clients. We have no AD (Active Directory) in our Windows environment. I have the following two questions please:

1- If I make a couple of Linux boxes to be my LDAP servers (master & slave), can they support Solaris & Windows servers/clients as their clients w/o AD?

2- Can LDAP replace internal DNS? If so, is Internal DNS it's primary role or it is best used for SSO (Single Sign On)?

Obviously this is more of a architectural type question and as such I would greatly appreciate a guru's point of view.

Many thanks in advance, and have a terrific day.

[smr54]

I"m no guru--but, for what it's worth. I know Sun's Directory server can support Linux clients. I haven't done it the other way, but I believe what you wish should be possible.

To support WIndows clients, you will probably need some combination of LDAP and samba, I fear I know nothing about that.

LDAP is more for sso. It's used for authentication. I don't believe it can do internal DNS for a network, though it is often so flexible that I wouldn't be at all surprised to have someone say I'm wrong. Still, it's more generally used for SSO.