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How Linux Beats Windows in ID Management Ease

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what's-my-name-again dept.

Amy Kucharik writes "Fed up with Windows systems management? A Linux conversion may be your ticket away from the daily hassles of managing and licensing domain controllers and related software devices. In this tip, Paul Murphy discusses the evolution of LDAP and how using it, along with Linux, can make an administrator's job easier."

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  1. First LDIF! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    dn: uid=anonymous, ou=linux, o=slashdot.org
    changetype: add
    slashComment: First Post!
    slashModLevel: +5 Funny

    1. Re:First LDIF! by michael+path · · Score: 5, Funny

      dn:uid=anonymous, ou=linux, o=slashdot.org
      changetype: modify
      add: objectclass
      objectclass: troll

      take that!

  2. My new GNU/Linux Distribution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am pretty sure I am not the only Linux veteran irritated by the increase in its user-friendliness, and mourning the loss of the good olde Linux, accessible only to those who enjoy kernel debugging. This is why I have decided to launch a new GNU/Linux distribution which requires extensive knowledge of Linux and of the computer system's internals.

    The distribution shall be available in the combination of a floppy and a CD-ROM image. Why not only a CD-ROM image? I thought it would be a little too easy, and know you think that too; the CD-ROM is only accessible if you can read it, and this is why I provide a floppy: it contains an assembler and a linker, all you need to write a CD-ROM file system driver (and a partition driver to install the files). Here, I'll give you a head start: ISO 9660 specification. Don't expect every task to be so simple, I won't be giving the answers each time.

    The distribution is somewhat minimalistic, but can do pretty much everything one demands from a modern computer.

    Obviously, all tasks are accomplished through the command line interface (no GUI is provided).

    A Web browser isn't included (as if you expected one to be anyway), just telnet to port 80 of the Web sites to surf the Internet.

    As for an email client, telnet to port 25 and learn how to use your email server.

    For FTP capabilities, you may telnet to port 21 and use the standard commands.

    As I have demonstrated, this is a very versatile and capable GNU/Linux distribution, meanwhile staying available only to real men who back up to FTP and not to tape (to ensure this, legacy support for tape drives is excluded).

    Since potential users may have varying levels of experience, I am hence providing different versions of the distribution:

    • a version without a TCP/IP stack, because I knew some among you would complain it would be too easy otherwise, so you can write it yourself from the floppy;
    • a boxed set for you novices out there, including the floppy, the CD-ROM, a modified version of telnet supporting Connection: Keep-Alive, and ssh for tinfoil hat-wearers -- and because I'm generous, I've added to the package a printed manual featuring the ISO 9660, HTTP 1.1, HTTPS and FTP specifications.

    Your suggestions are welcome, and I hope you enjoy using my GNU/Linux distribution.

  3. Re:How's this different? by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    One is Free, the other is easy to use.