[fixed quoting] Op dinsdag 08-05-2007 om 13:09 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Johnathan Falk: > [me] > > Op vrijdag 04-05-2007 om 11:01 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef > > Johnathan Falk: > > > One of the biggest things that linux users forget all the time is that > > > Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly because of their pretty desktop because > > > if > > > desktop beauty was the deciding factor we would all use OS X. The biggest > > > thing is that one a windows server you can have Ldap + Kerberos + File > > > Serving setup in under 10 minutes with no hassle. On windows its "Hey do > > > you > > > want to install Active Directory? Ok I can do that for you type your dns > > > domain name and admin password POOF! I'm done." > > > > And then the result is that Windows-admins don't understand how it > > actually works...? ;-)
See the blinking smiley --^ > Many long time linux admins have always used NIS/NIS+ and don't know > the first thing about kerberos and ldap, so please don't spew your > crap about windows admins. It's not crap, it's the truth. And of course a linux or unix admin that never used kerberos / ldap knows even less about it, that's also the truth. > I was hoping to migrate to a openldap setup > I have kerberos up and running that's incredibly easy. It's > integrating that with Ldap that is causing issues, and if you watched > the lists you would see other people are experiencing the same > problems. That's because it isn't easy. Like I said in the text quoted below, a wizard-like configuration interface will make Ubuntu a lot more popular, and that's what we all want AFAIK... > > But you're right that that is one of the things that makes Microsoft & > > Apple popular. It's also why Ubuntu is rather popular too, even if we > > don't have as many one-click-wizards (or even zero-click-wizards) yet. -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
