Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3109 mails)

[Russell Jones <russell.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joachim Schrod wrote:
> > > > > > "RJ" == Russell Jones <russell.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > > > >             
> > > Care to name an Open-Source replacement for AD that is already 
> > > integrated, and where I don't have to do the integration myself?
> > >
> > >       
> RJ> Well, not as tidy as AD (nor, I suspect, as difficult to diagnose
> RJ> when it goes wrong) is to use something like AutoYaST to roll out
> RJ> software and configuration packages (which you roll yourself). Far
> RJ> more powerful than the MS mandated and controlled policy system,
>
> As I wrote, I'm not a Windows friend; but when I see that there is
> something better over there, I grudgingly admit it and try to learn
> from it.
>   
Fair enough. The impression I got was that you were suggesting that SuSE 
should somehow be a drop in replacement for AD. That's not realistic as 
MS can keep moving the goalposts indefinitely.

> very
> easily specific environments for user/user group/system combinations? 
> Their environment variables, default printers, connected network file
> systems (e.g., on which server $HOME for a user is), available
> software, depend on the combination and is etablished transparently. 
When you say transparently, you mean by membership of a group or groups, 
right?
BTW, LDAP + cfengine or similar + careful design of a system set-up, 
requiring in-depth knowledge of the system (as required for AD) is 
enough (no?) since LDAP can be used with SSL. I know it doesn't give you 
the same as AD without Kerberos (as that is what AD uses), but in terms 
of rolling out configurations what would be missing?

BTW, I was thinking of Debian, where one can just create config packages 
by diffing before and after config changes (a la MSI, though probably 
less complex/sophisticated), and create a repository yourself-- not that 
hard, just put the files in the right places and run a script to 
generate Packages files, etc. Can you not do that with smart or just use 
apt under SuSE?

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