Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The one thing I'm just starting to look into that may not exist in the
>> Linux word is (shudder) Active Directory. I'm told it's something like a
>> Registry (Windows style) for a network. Each user on a network has a
>> directory entry and access to network resources as dictated by the
>> directory.
>>
>> Finally. A single file that can completely destroy hundreds of machines
>> over a wide area instead of just one. I find the idea a bit scary as a
>> sysadmin.
>
> How about this latest abstraction from Novell (SLED/SLES 10)?
>
> Can Linux Desktops Live in an Active Directory World?
I would prefer to stay standards compliant and just use LDAP. Does
Active Directory really gain you something that you can't achieve
with open standards?
Thad
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