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LDAP Server

^ ^ 389 Directory Server ^ FreeIPA ^

Use	General purpose	Single domain, focused on identity management
Flexibility	Highly-customizable	Limitations to focus on identity and authentication
Schema	Default LDAP schema	Optimized, special schema for identity management
Directory Tree	Standard and flexible hierarchy	Flat tree with a fixed hierarchy
Authentication	LDAP	Kerberos or Kerberos and LDAP
Active Directory Synchronization	Bi-directional	Unidirectional, Active Directory to FreeIPA
Password Policies	LDAP-based	Kerberos-based
User Tools	Java Console and standard LDAP utilities	Web-based UI and special Python command-line tools