My thoughts are that if LSU owns the equipment, then they get to manage it. And when it comes to AD, fact is, I *like* AD. It's powerful and has some very strong policy enforcement mechanisms.
What I think gets lost in the shuffle sometimes is the fact that it costs much more to manage a box than it does to buy a box. MUCH MORE. And it's a recurring expense. So any mechanism that makes improves management is usually fine by me. :) This goes for Windows, Linux, whatever. -- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Joshua Frug? wrote: > I haven't heard anything about administering linux machines...I doubt > they'll do anything unless linux starts giving them a lot of work to > do. I think that policy was mainly for LSU depts running their own ADs > that weren't through LSU's, but using LSU's network and wanting to > connect to lsu stuff....not really for the stuff ya'll are talking > about, but I never read the whole thing. I heard it was put on the grok > somewhere. > > Some mac/linux/etc people want to join the LSU AD (by free choice!), it > makes it easier to connect to shares or something...I never do that, so > I dunno. > > LSU is leaving my linux and freebsd servers alone, and I haven't heard > anything about that going to change. > > -josh > > On 9/26/07, *B. Estrade * <estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>> > wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > Wait. Is this for students and their *personal* computers or for LSU > > computers? I'm seeing conflicting information in this thread. > > Honestly, I don't know. I am not being affected :) > > B > > > > > -- > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices > > > > Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration > > > > > > B. Estrade wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:56:03PM -0500, willhill wrote: > > >> ...I hope Mr. Nichols will answer. > > > > > > If he does not, I can tell you that many people inside of ITS > have been fighting the good fight and working with him to make this > as fair and reasonable as possible. Hopefully knowing that will let > you sleep at night. > > > > > >> What I hope to get here is a technical understanding of the > issue. That > > >> includes how it's really playing out in the field. > > >> > > >> On Wednesday 26 September 2007 2:08 pm, B. Estrade wrote: > > >>> You should contact the ITS IT Policy and Security Officer if > you have any > > >>> questions. ?He is the horses mouth. > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> General mailing list > > >> General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > <http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > HPC Enablement Group > Louisiana Optical Network Initiative > http://www.loni.org > 225-578-1920 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
