The Mandriva Directory Server (MDS) is a Free Software project that features:

• user authentication and management thanks to LDAP and Kerberos
• an extensible, nice looking and AJAX powered PHP web interface called MMC (Mandriva Management Console), provided with 6 modules:
  o Users and groups management
  o SAMBA accounts and shares management
  o Printing management
  o Email delivery management
  o Web proxy blacklist management
  o Open-Xchange users management
• a Python dedicated management API for LDAP, SAMBA, Open-Xchange and SQUID (core of the MDS and the MMC)
• a policy system, that will allow to define users right on network ressources