Sogo, OpenChange, Samba4 and Ldap

[hgurol]

Hi,

I want to know if Zentyal 3.3 uses openldap as well as Samba4 to store user information and to provide the native outlook connection feature.

I have tested Sogo's all-in-one solution ZEG; it uses openldap for their main user directory and then somehow sync the data to Samba4 to provide the native outlook connection feature.

For me, this is unnecessary complexity. Why would I use an additional ldap server while Samba4 is a requirement for this feature and it is an ldap server itself as well? I asked the same question to Sogo developers and while they, somewhat, agree they told me that they have their own reasons for that. Mostly about some debugging problems.

However, I would prefer to use only one ldap server, Samba4, plain and simple.

I am wondering how Zenytal 3.3 is handling this feature.

Thanks...

[kernevil]

Hi,

the reason why Zentyal also uses two LDAP databases (samba4 and openLDAP) is because all zentyal modules use openLDAP as the main database as of today. I agree this adds unnecessary complexity and may change in future releases.

Regards.

[christian]

However, I would prefer to use only one ldap server, Samba4, plain and simple.

Sure... if you decide that any Zentyal deployment must contain "file sharing module".
What would you then suggest for someone deploying Zentyal as "firewall and HTTP proxy" only ?
To deploy Samba even if not needed ? 

[hgurol]

Okay, I see the point.

Then how Zentyal handles the sync between OpenLdap and Samba4 ?

[christian]

Then how Zentyal handles the sync between OpenLdap and Samba4 ?

Good question. 
Another related question is:
"does it really matter (to know how it works under the hood) unless you want to develop/deploy something that would be tightly dependant on this "synchronization?"

I never saw any documentation describing this but you should be able to make some reverse engineering...

[innocenti_jr]

Zentyal has a daemon process for that, called "s4sync".

Cheers - Oliver