[Freeipa-users] Using the freeipa 389 ds installation for own stuff

[Johannes von Bargen]

Am 02.12.11 04:11, schrieb Simo Sorce:
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 02:07 +0100, Johannes von Bargen wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> The documentation strongly emphasises that the difference between
>> freeipa and the pre 389 directory server
>> (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/FreeIPA_Guide/introduction.html#comparing).
>> Does it lead to problems if I use the directiory server which is the
>> backend for freeipa for other stuff, like postfix/dovecot users?
> No it shouldn't as long as user/group creation is done through IPa you
> shouldn't have issues.
>
> You may need to write some customization if you need to add mandatory
> attributes at user object creation but this has been previously
> documented in this list.
>
> We also have documents on how to extend the FreeIPA framework with new
> modules in case you wish to create native management interfaces in
> FreeIPA to manage the objects you need.
>
> In order to better future-proof I also suggest you place custom objects
> in a clearly named subtree (like cn=yourorgname) under the base suffix
> so that you do not risk conflicts when we add new features in IPA in the
> future.
>
> Simo.
>
Thank you!