On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 14:10, Buchan Milne wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > > > > > That's an excellent suggestion. Is it in a howto somewhere? > > > Sorry, no time for that yet, too busy trying to convince others that > > > Mandrake is an enterprise-class samba server (winbind integration, > > > LDAP-enabled samba-2.2.x RPMS, LDAP-Domain-controller HOWTO in the works > > > > Make sure you publish the link on this list when it's done! I know you > > have done a lot of work on Samba, but I haven't had the time to check > > all the changelogs to see what was improved =) > > Most recent stuff was for Till, anonymous printer access works by default, > Windows users can install windows drivers on a samba print queue if they > are a member of the adm group on the samba server. > > If you have people running Windows domains, and are trying to convince > them to host on Mandrake, hopefully winbind auth in install works, and you > can ask them to enter a domain admin username/password, and have instant > personal webpages (after mkdir /etc/skel/public_html and a bit of tweaking > to commonhttpd.conf). > > A cool one is replacing the need for Exchange (if they only need mail) > with a winbind box and something like courier. > > These easy practical things aren't really covered anywhere yet, but if > someone is interested, I may have a bit of time on my hands in about a > month. > > (P.S. am currently seeking employment in the UK ... and a job interview > offer or similar would help me complete my visa application ...) > > > > > > What do yuo need to go into the server room for??? > > > > Most NT admins do just that. They don't know the power of remote X or > > VNC, unfortunately. And they often are scared of the command line. > > > > Still need to get openssh running as a service on our 2k box, but in the > meantime rdesktop is good enough ... > > > We need to educate them, but it takes an awful lot of time to do it on > > the phone or face-to-face. Because a lot of them don't have the reflexes > > to e-mail you. > > > > They also don't believe you when you tell them there are many things you > > cannot do using the GUI, and that the command line is much more > > powerful. When that happens, my evil trick is to ssh into their system > > and do a: "while true;do eject;eject -t;done". I then tell them to try > > and stop the CD from ejecting, and to call me back when they give up the > > GUI.. works all the time ;-) > > > > I have a hard time when their servers are not connected to the internet > > though. > > > > > Maybe some people just don't see the advantage of never having to get up > from your desk (except to get more coffee ;-)). > > > > Only passwords on post-its I have seen are in my wallet, for machines > > > no-one else knows about, with nothing on the paper identifying it ... > > > > I have a fantastic photographic and finger-touch memory. There are many > > systems where I couldn't tell you the password: I only remember the > > finger gestures to log in ;-) > > > > My memory is OK, but then some people go and generate horrid passwords of > 12 characters with 3 alphanumerics!
Ok guilty as charged... but the keystroke combo is so easy to remember... Who ever remembers the password.... (and yes I've typed in a password 4 and 5 times only to figure out that in the dark my hands where in the wrong place.) > > > > > Draksudo would be a nice addition =) > > > So how's your perl-GTK2 ? ;-) > > > (sorry, running joke with another admin here, I keep asking him how his > > > perl is, since he has some scripts to fix ...) > > > > My perl-GTK2 sucks. I think it would be easier for me to create a php-QT > > package than to learn GTK ;-) > > I was actually thinking a bit about the possibilities with wxPython ... > and the potential to use it remotely via samba (RPCs) as the win2k tools > work .... even MCSEs could use it ... > > Regards, > Buchan
