Linked by Brian Snipes on Sat 10th Apr 2004 07:28 UTC
Recently I got the opportunity to setup a new lab for a small school. The server runs Linux and the workstations run WindowsXP. There are 3 levels of access on the workstations (admin, teacher, and student) and security on the workstations is based on Windows policies applied at logon.
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what i wish is for there to be a linux distro come out that focuses on using ldap/acls/samba/nfs/etc... already set up when you install it. a distro that does the initial ldap configuration with you during installation. i want a tool to use like novell's nwadmn32 for adding users and setting up file permissions, basically i want to see the entire network on a tree and be able to administrate accordingly (even if i am doing said administration through a web page)
setting up an ldap server manually is a pain in the arse for someone who has never done it before (and i was following a howto, it just didnt work exactly with the distro i was trying it on. finally got it to work, decided to go back to /etc/passwd because of far less headache)
i dont want to have to wait on novell making netware linux for this to happen
what i wish is for there to be a linux distro come out that focuses on using ldap/acls/samba/nfs/etc... already set up when you install it. a distro that does the initial ldap configuration with you during installation. i want a tool to use like novell's nwadmn32 for adding users and setting up file permissions, basically i want to see the entire network on a tree and be able to administrate accordingly (even if i am doing said administration through a web page)
setting up an ldap server manually is a pain in the arse for someone who has never done it before (and i was following a howto, it just didnt work exactly with the distro i was trying it on. finally got it to work, decided to go back to /etc/passwd because of far less headache)
i dont want to have to wait on novell making netware linux for this to happen
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