Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:16:35 +0800 (HKT) Gelsema, P \(Patrick\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do agree that microsoft has the benefit of everything together where you will have to install port and port and package to end up with the same result. the problem is that you get 'everything together'

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Robert Huff
Norberto Meijome writes: And dont forget WINE as well :) Respectfully, the list of things WINE will not - by its own documentation - run and has no expectation of running in the foreseeable future is immense. Seasonal example for Americans: TurboTax.

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:33:30 -0400 Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Respectfully, the list of things WINE will not - by its own documentation - run and has no expectation of running in the foreseeable future is immense. Seasonal example for Americans: TurboTax. sure. and neither

RE: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-21 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nejc Škoberne Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:51 AM To: User Questions Subject: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...) Sorry, but OpenOffice is more

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:01:35AM +0800, Gelsema, P (Patrick) wrote: On Fri, March 21, 2008 00:39, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Å koberne wrote: So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper DNS configuration and Kerberos

Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Nejc Škoberne
Hey Patrick, AD is nothing more than a big database accessible over LDAP. You connect to the LDAP database, and when you are authenticated you get a kerberos token. Clients use SRV records to check for AD services. SRV Records are supported by BIND. It is possible to run AD and have your

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
Hiya, On Thu, March 20, 2008 17:50, Nejc Škoberne wrote: Hey Patrick, AD is nothing more than a big database accessible over LDAP. You connect to the LDAP database, and when you are authenticated you get a kerberos token. Clients use SRV records to check for AD services. SRV Records are

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Škoberne wrote: So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper DNS configuration and Kerberos authentication could replace Microsoft AD controller? How about a group of controllers with all the failover features? Group

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 06:16:35PM +0800, Gelsema, P (Patrick) wrote: If I had the time I would have tried building an network with Active Directory running on a Freebsd server. Probably would have failed due to some microsoft specific thing. Point is still that all the features are

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-20 Thread Gelsema, P (Patrick)
On Fri, March 21, 2008 00:39, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:34AM +0100, Nejc Å koberne wrote: So you are saying that merely setting up an OpenLDAP server with proper DNS configuration and Kerberos authentication could replace Microsoft AD controller? How about a group of