Joachim Schrod wrote:
"RJ" == Russell Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Care to name an Open-Source replacement for AD that is already
integrated, and where I don't have to do the integration myself?
RJ> Well, not as tidy as AD (nor, I suspect, as difficult to diagnose
RJ> when it goes wrong) is to use something like AutoYaST to roll out
RJ> software and configuration packages (which you roll yourself). Far
RJ> more powerful than the MS mandated and controlled policy system,
As I wrote, I'm not a Windows friend; but when I see that there is
something better over there, I grudgingly admit it and try to learn
from it.
Fair enough. The impression I got was that you were suggesting that SuSE
should somehow be a drop in replacement for AD. That's not realistic as
MS can keep moving the goalposts indefinitely.
very
easily specific environments for user/user group/system combinations?
Their environment variables, default printers, connected network file
systems (e.g., on which server $HOME for a user is), available
software, depend on the combination and is etablished transparently.
When you say transparently, you mean by membership of a group or groups,
right?
BTW, LDAP + cfengine or similar + careful design of a system set-up,
requiring in-depth knowledge of the system (as required for AD) is
enough (no?) since LDAP can be used with SSL. I know it doesn't give you
the same as AD without Kerberos (as that is what AD uses), but in terms
of rolling out configurations what would be missing?
BTW, I was thinking of Debian, where one can just create config packages
by diffing before and after config changes (a la MSI, though probably
less complex/sophisticated), and create a repository yourself-- not that
hard, just put the files in the right places and run a script to
generate Packages files, etc. Can you not do that with smart or just use
apt under SuSE?
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