Users can authenticate against a local password file, NIS or over LDAP. Interestingly, neither native Active Directory nor eDirectory integration is available. You can authenticate against these two indirectly over LDAP, but advanced functionality and features aren't supported. This is a giant oversight. At the very least, native AD integration should be included. Apple was able to get OS X to join an AD domain with ease a long time ago.
Novell says it didn't include eDirectory support because NLD 9 isn't targeted at Novell shops. Indeed, there aren't many Novell-specific features to be found In NLD. GroupWise messenger is integrated into the IM client, GAIM, and NLD supports iFolder. That's the extent of Novell-specific integration. The company says native support for eDirectory is coming, but it isn't saying when.
Inspired Interface
NLD 9's desktop environment is one of the most intuitive I've seen on a Linux system. You can tell Novell was inspired by both Windows and Mac OS X user interfaces, especially in the Gnome environment. The Novell logo is ever-present in the upper-left corner, where the famous Apple icon would sit on a Mac. And just as with OS X, the menu bar contains links to your programs, system settings, the help menu and the clock.
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