On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 20:06, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > Le lun 17/03/2003 � 18:10, Buchan Milne a �crit : > > > 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 couple of years ago, I had setup my ISP so windows users could have a > W: drive that was mapped to their public_html, so this is quite the > opposite of what you're suggesting. > > What I want is to replace all Microsoft Domain controllers by Linux > boxes, and to have every Windows user log in to that domain, with > pre-mapped drives, printers, backups and anti-virus. I started such a > setup at one of our customer's sites, but Todd has taken over. I'm now > looking for a way to have a standard setup so I could have a > "server-in-a-box" appliance. > > > A cool one is replacing the need for Exchange (if they only need mail) > > with a winbind box and something like courier. > > Unfortunately, what people need is the Outlook shared calendars. So far, > the only product that does well is the Oracle Collaboration Suite. It's > less expensive than Exchange, but still not free.
Jean-Michel Have you looked into Bynari (sp?) this is being pushed by the United (aka IBM) group. (bynari.net) Not sure of the license etc. The other option is Samsung's Contact. (http://www.samsungcontact.com/en/) This one is/was HP's openmail, bought by Samsung and ported over to a number of other Unixes. Seems that it is popular in Australia. I've not used either of these but I've heard good things about both. Both have Downloads and the Samsung one may be GPL'd. This one is coming with both RH's and SuSE's enterprise server package. I've heard more than one great review on it so it would be the one I'd look at first. James > > > (P.S. am currently seeking employment in the UK ... and a job interview > > offer or similar would help me complete my visa application ...) > > Live in the UK? Better get a high-paying job, because the cost of living > is awfully expensive. I went there for vacation last summer: �40 for 2 > burgers and two pints of beers in a decent restaurant, �5 for two eggs, > potatoes and bacon in a *youth hostel*, that's outrageous to me. > Everything is 3 times the price compared to where I live (Montreal). > > > Maybe some people just don't see the advantage of never having to get up > > from your desk (except to get more coffee ;-)). > > The coffee pot is on my desk, I only have to get up to go to the > bathroom. Next step is this: > http://www.funny-photo-photos.com/toilet_computer.html > > > 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 ... > > I suck even more ath python than at perl =( > > Jean-Michel > >
