Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2634 mails)

[Anders Norrbring <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Russell Jones skrev:
> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > (a) There is *NO* Active Directory compatible service for LINUX.  At
> > least not in any state that is currently production ready.
> >   
> I never said there was. Though it's misleading to put it that way. Samba 
> exists, but is not production ready.
> I was talking about something equivalent, not compatible.
> > (b) AD on Windows 2003 is a very stable service; in general,  Windows
> > 2003 is very stable, provided you don't do anything dumb like install
> > non-M$ applications or services.
> >   
> Odd comment. So you can't use any software except MS software? Doesn't 
> that cut down the field somewhat? I thought one of the advantages of MS 
> was the large selection of existing software?

Sure, there's a huge load of software for Windows, but as stated, if 
you're in the need for a STABLE server based on Windows 2003, you 
shouldn't install anything not distributed on the 2003 CDs.
Not even MS Office.

(Like I'd run a MS server anyway.. Right..)


> > (c) AD and Linux play quite nicely together.
> >   
> For now.


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Anders Norrbring
Norrbring Consulting
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