Active Directory no Samba 4

O Samba 4 tem algumas built-ins novas: Serve o ambiente de logins Active Directory do Windows, um LDAP nativo. Parece mentira né? Mas não é. Leiam:

NEW FEATURES
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Samba4 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment
used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join
and domain logon operations with these clients.

Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in
LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the
Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate
the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we
issue.

The new VFS features in Samba 4 adapts the filesystem on the server to
match the Windows client semantics, allowing Samba 4 to better match
windows behaviour and application expectations. This includes file
annotation information (in streams) and NT ACLs in particular. The
VFS is backed with an extensive automated test suite.

A new scripting interface has been added to Samba 4, allowing
Python programs to interface to Samba’s internals.

The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that
can use a range of modular backends. One of the backends supports
standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are
working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend.
We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large
directories.

Para se aprofundarem mais, visitem:

http://news.samba.org/releases/4.0.0.alpha3/
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Main_Page#Samba4
http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2008-April/058646.html