Hi Alan, Alan McKinnon said the following on 15.06.2006 02:46: > On Thursday 15 June 2006 00:12, Dimitrios Bogiatzoules, Product > Developer wrote: > >> "Given the nature of the matter, LPIC-3 Samba specialists are >> working in world dominated by 2 different operating systems, Linux >> and Microsoft Windows (R). Administrators that are maintaining a >> mixed network with Samba as File Server with Microsoft Windows (R) >> clients may need to hold more than the LPIC-3 Samba certificate. >> So, for example, employers may ask also for an MCSE certificate in >> addition to the LPIC-3 Samba, in order to be sure that the >> administrator will be able to maintain server and client." >> >> I'd like to hear some opinions about this topic because it may have >> influence on the task list. For example we proposed a "configure >> clients" as a task but in most cases the clients are machines >> running windows, so that it could make sense to ask for an MC?? >> certificate for that tasks... > > I'm of the opinion that "configure clients" is outside the scope of > Samba, which should be confined to server side tasks and common > clients which run on Linux (smbclient, kioslaves, gnome-vfs). Keep in > mind that we don't expect an Apache admin to be able to configure > IE6.
Samba is serving Windows clients. It was written for that. Linux clients aren't the target so that it wouldn't make sense to test them. > > I think I understand the reasoning behind the original post, and it > sure does look attractive at first glance. It's also problematic in > that our cert depends on another cert completely outside our control > and influence. > > My input at this point is to restrict L3 (Samba) to just Samba and let > it stand alone. Leave it up to the candidate and the market to > supplement it with an MCSE if they so choose. > [...] That is why I asked for opinions. See also my answer to Fernando regarding prerequisite vs. recommendation. BTW: there are many certifications that rely on others... Regards, Taki -- Dimitrios Bogiatzoules Product Developer LPIC-2 Linux Professional Institute GnuPG Key ID A7E4D183 http://www.lpi.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lpi-german.de
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