> LDAP management on non-Windows systems is like stepping back 30 years.
How so? And managing which components -- the directory server or the clients?
> there wasn't even a supported UI for directory operations
What directory operations? add/mod/del? There are quite a few packages that handle that. Or are you talking about operations on the server side?
> typing DN's by hand is for the birds!
I concur. Though, it's pretty rare to type in a DN anywhere. I can't think of many places where a simple RDN or search filter on a unique value (uid, mail, etc.) doesn't suffice.
> LDAP management on non-Windows systems is like stepping back 30 years.
How so? And managing which components -- the directory server or the clients?
> there wasn't even a supported UI for directory operations
What directory operations? add/mod/del? There are quite a few packages that handle that. Or are you talking about operations on the server side?
> typing DN's by hand is for the birds!
I concur. Though, it's pretty rare to type in a DN anywhere. I can't think of many places where a simple RDN or search filter on a unique value (uid, mail, etc.) doesn't suffice.