On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 17:45 -0300, Fernando Lozano wrote: > Hi Bryan, > It looks to me you view technology per se, so you want to join > everything related to auth/dir/naming. I view not technology, but common > tasks network admins need to do. That's why I prefer to keep all > samba-related stuff like winbind separate from a more general > auth/dir/naming exam. And that's why I think strong ldap skills are not > required for LPIC-3-Samba.
Sigh, I have _never_ said "strong" LDAP skills were needed. I only said _basic_ object synchronization across an enterprise is needed, and one that doesn't merely rely on native Windows servers. As far as "technology" -- I though that's what UNIX/Linux is. It is a set of services to implement a set of services in an enterprise. Not only is Samba on its own _not_ such, but it relies on _other_ services as well. Unless you just make it "dumb" and rely on either local UNIX authentication or connect to a native Windows server via Winbindd. > It also looks to me you want LPIC-3 to be a "guru" certification. I > think there's a need for at least one intermediate level between LPIC-2 > and "guru" level. As Taki wrote, the "guru" would have all LPIC-3 tracks > we taught about and some we do not plan to have right now. > Sincerely, I'm well aware of all cross-cut concerns you need to be a > real "guru" sysadmin but I can't see how could anyone certify such > "gurus". It's my understanding LPI won't certify the master consultants > but will certify professional profiles most linux users need to recruit. I have tried my best to _simplify_ and _streamline_ the program with my suggestions. You'all are looking at it as "oh, we can't do all that" but you're looking at it from the standpoint of doing "all that" on _each_ exam. I'm just saying take the common stuff -- the network-wide synchronization of objects, authententication and resource information -- and put it in a single exam. It's *NOT* a full-up LDAP exam, just an _elementary_ one. Until you do that, MCSEs will continue to think Linux is a joke -- short of the new RHCA program that _does_ break it down by "technologies" into 5 separate exams -- including basic network authentication and object synchronization concepts. That's because that's how enterprises really work. Everything begins with the base network-wide object reference. This setup is going to test if people know how to setup Samba and *NOT* do a thing with network-wide authentication/objects -- unless they have ADS -- from what I've seen discussed. -- Bryan P.S. A few questions to reflect on this "peer" review ... How many here have worked outside of the ISP world? On an enterprise network where you have to synchronize basic objects on UNIX/Linux systems? And the Linux systems are doing more than just serving files to Windows systems? Such as what my peers at HP, IBM, Red Hat and others are doing at their clients, and I'm doing at mine as well, and have been for a decade. And even then, legacy NIS/NFS died over 5 years ago, and we really have to "get current" or I will still professionally recommend MCSEs or RHCAs because they at least know a solution with a basic, distributed authentication/object system that can service UNIX/Linux clients as well as Windows ones. -- 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
