Ganymede is a GPL’ed network directory management system written
in Java, providing support for team management of NIS, DNS,
etc.
Ganymede 0.99.8 is now available for download at
http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/
or
ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/ganymede/
Mirrors: (may take a short while to update)
ftp://ftp.netlag.com/ganymede/
(USA)
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ganymede/
(Australia/NZ only)
ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/pub/ganymede/ (KDD R&D Labs, Saitama,
Japan)
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This release incorporates a wide variety of improvements and bug
fixes that have shown up as we have used Ganymede in fulltime
production at ARL:UT over the last 6 weeks.
New features include object cloning, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and
Linux-compatible MD5 password support, and a big rework of the
object database logic to improve concurrency when it comes to
making asymmetric object links. The old ‘backlinks’ field is gone,
and the server can now link or unlink objects without having to
assert an exclusive lock on both sides of the link, in the case
where the back-link is not visible on one side of the link.
A fairly large number of usability and performance improvements
have been made to the Ganymede client, as well.
For 0.99.9, I’m planning on focusing almost entirely on
documentation and on reworking the way schema kits are configured
and installed, to make it easier for people to develop and support
schema kits independent of the main Ganymede distribution.
—
Jonathan Abbey
jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu
Applied Research Laboratories
The University of Texas at Austin
Ganymede, a free NIS/DNS management system
http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2