RE: Frontends to administer servers

["Bojens, Kai" <bojens@advantic.de>]

Hi.

>> We are looking at writing some frontends to help clients 
>> administer their domains and was wondering whether to use
>> mysql or ldap as the backend database.
>> The frontends will be used for administering ftp, web, dns,
>> mail etc. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Hint: You should choose ldap because many of these services do
have an interface for ldap (proftpd, bind9, apache, sendmail etc.).
And if they don't you can rely on pam and use 'libpam-ldap' for
authentication.

With kind regards

-Kai Bojens