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i would like to ask about unix with active directory..actually my situation is at ny place there already have dns server in unix based,i want to implement an active directory to the network..from what i read about active directory we have to used bind dns...some say that bind could not handle in long prior time because of resource records..

please advice me,..

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Active Directory is Microsoft's implementation of LDAP, you should rather look at OpenLDAP.

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