(Sob!) Netware fed me for many years. I still prefer eDirectory’s file system security model to either AD or Unix. And there is NO key sequence I’ve ever run into quite as satisfying as shift-shift-alt-esc. (Had a young feller try that one time on a production server. I broke for lunch as the phones started to ring...)
Sigh, NetWare fed me well for close to 20 years. My first NetWare cert was actually signed, in pen (not stamped) by Ray Norda himself. But it really sucked having to go to Provo for training. 3.2 beer and a three beer limit, at least at ChiChi's (which had the bar, but didn't use it).
Oh, and you’re right. eDirectory is hands down, the most powerful directory service out there. Glad to see they ported it to Linux.