Re: [Discuss] AD/LDAP authentication

2017-12-21 Thread James Cassell
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On a completely different topic from document conversion... > > My employer has two Active Directory domains. I need to set up some > Linux servers (RHEL, SUSE and Ubuntu) to use both domains for user > authentication. Users get accounts on

Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu 17.10 / Gnome first impressions

2017-12-21 Thread Stuart Conner
Don't be put off by arch. It is fantastic to always be up to date. If installation needs to be quicker, try antergos. Sent from my phone > On Dec 20, 2017, at 9:11 PM, discuss-requ...@blu.org wrote: > > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to >discuss@blu.org > > To subscribe or

Re: [Discuss] AD/LDAP authentication

2017-12-21 Thread Jim Gasek
I've been at several companies that use Centrify (real name was "Centrify DirectAccess"). It is a natural fit for companies that are already are, or traditionally have been Windows shops. I.e., have windows talent. It looks like they have released a "free" version (?) called "express".

Re: [Discuss] AD/LDAP authentication

2017-12-21 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:57:21AM -0500, Richard Pieri wrote: > The Centrify option has been brought up. It's my resort of choice if I > can't get native authentication working. I was going to suggest this as a possible solution also--we use it where I work. I haven't done sysadmin work in many

Re: [Discuss] LibreOffice and .docx files

2017-12-21 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
Matt, the document you passed along is specific to volume license agreements - in other words, corporate licenses. It does not apply to Windows licenses that come with a computer bought by a normal consumer, or by a company that just buys licensed computers and does not have a Windows Enterprise

Re: [Discuss] LibreOffice and .docx files

2017-12-21 Thread Matthew Gillen
On 12/11/2017 11:38 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: > The catch is licensing. The Windows license that came with your > computer doesn't cover running it in a virtual machine. You'll have to > buy a full retail license to do that legally. Sorry to come to this thread late, but I don't think