Fedora Directory Server
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{{Infobox Software
| name = Fedora Directory Server
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| developer = [[Red Hat]]
| latest_release_version = 1.1.0
| latest_release_date = 8 January 2008
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| operating_system = [[Linux]] / [[Unix]]
| genre = [[Directory service|Directory server]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website = [http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ directory.fedoraproject.org]
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The '''Fedora Directory Server''' (FDS) is an LDAP ([[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]]) server developed by [[Red Hat]], as part of Red Hat's community-supported [[Fedora Project]]. Fedora Directory Server is identical to the [[Red Hat Directory Server]], just rebranded.
While FDS is freely distributable under the terms of the GPL, Red Hat is also offering a commercial version, Red Hat Directory Server, on a subscription basis. A paid subscription will include added features like customer service and technical support.
FDS is being built on top of [[Fedora (Linux distribution)|Fedora]], but supports many operating systems including [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] 3 and 4, [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] 8 and later, and [[HP-UX]] 11i.
== History==
FDS is the newest incarnation of what was once the original [[University of Michigan]] slapd project. In 1996, the project's developers were hired by [[Netscape Communications Corporation]] and the project became known as the '''Netscape Directory Server''' (NDS). After acquiring Netscape, [[AOL]] sold ownership of the NDS [[intellectual property]] to [[Sun Microsystems]] but retained ''rights akin to ownership''. These rights were acquired by Red Hat, and on June 1, 2005, much of the [[source code]] was released as [[free software]] under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).
As of FDS version 1.0 (December 8, 2005), Red Hat released all of the remaining source code for all components included in the release package and continues to maintain them under their respective licenses.<ref name=fedoradswikiopensource>{{cite web
| title = Fedora Directory Server Wiki: "What parts are open source?"
| url = http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#What_parts_are_open_source.3F
| accessdate = 2007-02-04
}}</ref>
<ref name=fedoradswikilicensing>{{cite web
| title = Fedora Directory Server Wiki: "Licensing"
| url = http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing
| accessdate = 2007-02-04
}}</ref>
== Features ==
FDS has multi-master capability. There are currently up to four writable directory masters supported with FDS.
FDS also has the ability to export parts of the directory to read-only servers. This is in contrast to Microsoft's [[Active Directory]] (pre-[[Windows Server 2008]]), where all servers currently must be read/write and changes on one server are synchronized (converged) between all the other servers via [[multi-master replication]].
FDS has a [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-based [[GUI]] front end for administration.
== See also ==
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* [[List of LDAP software]]
* [[List of Linux distributions]]
* [[Comparison of Linux distributions]]
* [[FreeIPA]], a network identity, policy and audit suite which uses Fedora Directory Server as its LDAP component.
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Directory Server Project home page]
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