Question for the Group: eDirectory and OD intergration

From: Terry JacksonReply to list Hello Group, I have a question for you all. This in particular pertains to eDirectory and Open Directory Integration. We currently are in the process of looking to have this done in our school district, and I wanted to know if any of you had attempted to do this, and what your feelings / expectations were after you had it done. Basically we are looking to: 1. Provide authentication to our mac clients via eDirectory, so that we can have one managed repository of student data from which they can login to any computer, mac or pc, in our district. 2. Provide a home or data share that they can save their work to, that is accessible to both PC and Macs, and to have that home in a centralized location in Novell eDirectory, that then can be managed and backed up via our central Backup server, cutting our costs on the need for multiple backup servers, and multiple servers for student network homes and shares. 3. Once logged into a mac client, have their MCX settings managed by an OSX OD Master that sets their dock, background, access to printers and files, etc., but NOT provide them with a network home, as that would be provided by Novell eDirectory services once authenticated via eDirectory. Anyone who has accomplished this, please share what you have you done, and if after accomplishing this, if it met your expectations, or it did not and you abandoned it for something else ( returned back to an all OD solution, went instead into an AD solution, etc.) Thanks for your time in advance.... Thanks, Terry Jackson Tech II- ACMT Technical Services Putnam City Schools District