Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/10/2012 04:14 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/10/2012 2:53 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: I don't know LDAP that well so I am looking for an LDAP solution that will permit certain users to use certain systems. I use PAM. The way I do it is to create an LDAP group for each role. Each limited

Re: [Discuss] Thunderbird updates , farewell ?

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/10/2012 07:21 PM, Guy Gold wrote: Most of you probably heard this one. Mozilla does the unthinkable http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/mozilla-does-the-unthinkable/3719 ___ Yes. I prefer Thunderbird to other clients, but I have not

Re: [Discuss] Tired of unreliable external drives... recommendations?

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/10/2012 10:56 AM, Jack Coats wrote: I have only used USB2, but if I had esata available, I think it would be worth using. In my situation, speed isn't always needed, especially since all but local backups are over a G wifi network. I use eSATA removable drives. Last year I bought a 1.5TB

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-11 Thread Stephen Ronan
And Siri is losing badly to Google Now in most head to head comparisons. People such as Wozniak seem to think that Apple compromised quality by over-accentuating commercial aspects of Siri. A fundamentally flawed comparison. Google Now is a search application, and search is the thing that

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/11/2012 7:31 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: I'm leaning toward using LDAP. LDAP will be at a corporate level (not IBM but Algorithmics). But, I don't have that many servers so I can replicate my changes to each of the servers . Back on testdrive we used PAM and it worked well except for one

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/11/2012 11:39 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/11/2012 7:31 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: I'm leaning toward using LDAP. LDAP will be at a corporate level (not IBM but Algorithmics). But, I don't have that many servers so I can replicate my changes to each of the servers . Back on testdrive we

[Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, July 18 , 2012 - The Virtual Desktop

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: July 18, 2012 7PM (6:30PM for QA) Topic: The Virtual Desktop Moderator:Jerry Feldman Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315 Summary Using Virtual Machines as end-user desktops Abstract Today's desktop and laptop computers mostly support virtualization with very good

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/11/2012 12:13 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: The issue is we must convert from NIS, and LDAP is the only solution and it is imposed on me. Eventually we will move to a different authentication as we get more integrated. So what? It's trading one directory service for another. You still get

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/11/2012 9:52 AM, Stephen Ronan wrote: One reason I asked... my impression (pls correct me if I'm wrong) is that you think that iPad's dominant position in 10 tablets is quite secure. I do. I don't think that Jellybean is going to unseat iPad in that space for one simple reason: iOS has

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-11 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Richard Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/11/2012 9:52 AM, Stephen Ronan wrote: One reason I asked... my impression (pls correct me if I'm wrong) is that you think that iPad's dominant position in 10 tablets is quite secure. I do. I don't think

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/11/2012 12:54 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/11/2012 9:52 AM, Stephen Ronan wrote: One reason I asked... my impression (pls correct me if I'm wrong) is that you think that iPad's dominant position in 10 tablets is quite secure. I do. I don't think that Jellybean is going to unseat iPad

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: On 07/11/2012 12:34 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/11/2012 12:13 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: The issue is we must convert from NIS, and LDAP is the only solution and it is imposed on me. Eventually we will move to a different

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Nuno Sucena Almeida
On 07/11/2012 02:57 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: That sounds like a lot of extra latency for looking up simple things (i.e UID - username mappings i.e. ls -l). I don't know if local caching is included the standard LDAP/NSS setup, but I would check myself to be sure. Good Luck, Bill Bogstad

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/11/2012 02:57 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: On 07/11/2012 12:34 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/11/2012 12:13 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: The issue is we must convert from NIS, and LDAP is the only solution and it is imposed on me.

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/11/2012 03:09 PM, Nuno Sucena Almeida wrote: On 07/11/2012 02:57 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: That sounds like a lot of extra latency for looking up simple things (i.e UID - username mappings i.e. ls -l). I don't know if local caching is included the standard LDAP/NSS setup, but I would

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:53:11PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: Our company's servers are moving from the Boston facility to IBM's facilities, and we will have to replace NIS with LDAP. We don't get to vote, NIS will be replaced. You sound sad about this. You probably shouldn't. NIS is dead;

Re: [Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

2012-07-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 05:07:30PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: Will I have to change uids and gids This is an issue for our IT people. If they wil create a separate OU or LDAP group for us, great. If they want to merge is in, that creates a few more issues If we get merged in, then I will also

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/11/2012 1:52 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: Now if we are just talking about JB, I might agree. But longer term (1-2 years), Android can add a lot of functionality while I don't see Apple ever being the price leader. Android already does far more than iOS can. Galaxy Tab 10 is technically