High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mandriva Directory Server
(MDS) is an LDAP server developed by Mandriva. This is similar to Fedora
Directory Server, Red Hat Directory Server, Novell eDirectory etc. for
managing resources & infrastructure within the network. The 389
Directory Server (previously Fedora Directory Server) is an LDAP
(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server developed by Red Hat, as
part of Red Hat's community-supported Fedora Project. 389 Directory
Server is identical to the Red Hat Directory Server, just rebranded. The
name 389 is derived from the port number for LDAP.