On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 14:22 -0300, Fernando Lozano wrote: > I agree that there should be a stronger NFS exams for LPI. But you could > have LPIC-3-Samba with a Windows interoperability focs and > LPIC-3-LDAP-NIS-NFS with all-Linux (or all-Unix) focus. I see > fundamentally different network configurations for Linux clients and > Windows clients, and few organizations mixing both.
I don't, and it's a _major_ acceptability and integration issue for Linux in enterprises right now without such knowledge. I know, I've gotten a lot of my work dealing with just these environments! Again, I'd like to see the LPIC-3 taken seriously by enterprises. > By the way, I see organizations with mostly Windows desktops using smbfs > for the few Linux desktoops, so it would make sense to add Linux client > configuration to LPIC-3-Samba. I don't, and it's a _major_ issue with Linux in enterprises right now. The VFS' smbfs is a hack (one that causes major headaches, don't get me started ;-), not native and does _not_ work for other UNIX flavors. As much as people talk about SMB being based on DCE, it is _not_ DCE and UNIX native -- not even with the Samba extensions for UNIX (which native Windows servers do _not_ use ;-). The only organizations using smbfs are the ones that don't know the first thing about supporting UNIX/Linux platforms. Enterprises will typically either export via both NFS/SMB (either Linux NFS + Samba or Windows SMB + SFU NFS), consider AFS/OpenAFS or a few other options. In _all_ cases, "single sign-on" (SSO) and "federation" of authentication and naming is what we should be aiming for. Not some hacked piecemeal non-sense that we call fudge as "Enterprise Linux." We should *NOT* be around building redundant exams as you suggest with: - LPIC-3-Samba with a Windows interoperability focs - LPIC-3-LDAP-NIS-NFS with all-Linux (or all-Unix) focus We should be building a _real_, _enterprise_ exam that focuses on the foundation for enterprise authentication, naming and directory services, then individual exams for various services like network file services, Internet, etc... that then use those basics. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
