On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 10:22, Owen Taylor wrote:
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:43, Dax Kelson wrote:
The nirvana Linux network setup includes the following:
- LDAP directory
- Kerberos Authentication
- Autofs for home directories
- Kerberized NFSv4
Thought question ... most of the above is present currently but takes a real expert to get going.
What needs to be done to make it possible so that, given say, a network of 50 workstations, someone who has never done it before could get such a network going in a day?
This almost certainly includes
- Documentation
- GUI setup and management tools (*)
- Better configuration defaults
It also might involve
- Making things that require configuration currently "just work" though automatic detection.
Not a question that really matters for large deployments, that *do* have experts, but quite important in other situations.
Actually it may be a question for very large deployments where people have a large XP/2000 crowd running kerberos underneath AD and not knowing much about it.
I dont know the answer myself yet. It needs to be done as it is on my list of things to learn this fiscal year.. and once I have caught up with that.. I might be able to help.