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)
This distro is called Mac OS X Server. Apple has integrated all of these components together (OpenLDAP, Samba, Kerberos, NFS, etc) and slapped an easy to use admin GUI on them called workgroup manager. It works really well and can out of the box. It works in such a way that your users can use the same name/pw to securely log into Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients and have their files and settings follow them wherever they go. (It translates between the roaming profile on windows, and a NFS network home directory for OSX, *NIX.) Really quite amazing, the Windows clients see it as an NT domain controller and the Linux and OSX clients see it as an LDAP/Kerberos server. Best part, no client access licenses.