So, you *complained* that someone wasn't doing something for you for free, and people were dismissive - and you were surprised?
*please* shut up. i'm sick of this personalized response to a generalized lament.
most people aren't "complaining" directly to a F/OSS software developer that they have to "fix" something - they're bitching about long-standing problems in F/OSS that block its wider acceptance by non-technical users.
What would be the default realm? What is the LDAP domain?
ask me during setup.
Will the root user be stored in the LDAP directory or not? What kerberos principles will be created by default? Will your mail alias information be stored in LDAP or not? What do you do if the LDAP server can not be contacted? How will you handle applications that do not talk to LDAP, PAM or Kerberos? Do you really want a DNS server running on every host you install this distro on?
*i don't care*. pick some sensible least-dangerous defaults and make ldap auth work for me out of the box. i'll discover the other functionality as i need it.
when i installed my first linux box i didn't know dick about PAM, passwd or shadow. but i could log into the fucking thing.
AD isn't special. It, like so many other "innovations" from MS, is simply a rip-off off LDAP and NDS.
i'm guessing the difference is that setting up AD server and AD-based single-sign-on doesn't make you want to gouge out your eyes with a shrimp fork (compared to linux at least).
i say i'm guessing because i'm 100% linux at home and work, and i'll never lay a hand on a windows box if i can avoid it; but the theme of this Ask/. is dead-on.
Linux needs *easy*, *default*, *out of the box* ldap-based authentication. i should be able to install a distro, select "ldap auth", and then have everything automagically authenticate against it - shell, apache, samba, IMAP, etc etc etc. same on workstations - select "ldap auth", specify the ldap server, and you're done.
i don't know any distros that offer this ease of use - correct me if i'm wrong. (i run debian sarge and sid).
He's not a politician, he's a civil servant. There is a huge difference there.
it always amuses me when those self-infatuated whores (politicians) slander "beaurocrats" who have kept things up and running for years before the whores got there, and will keep them running for years after they leave.
i know it's mostly shameless fawning and flattery of the voters, but still...
What Bill Gates believed 14 years ago is certainly going to be different than what he believes now.
more precisely: what bill gates thinks about software patents before and after heading up the largest software corporation in history are going to be different.
his opnion hasn't evolved, his circumstances simply have changed.
there are scads of web-based mail/calendar/project applications. if you want acceptance from the average windows-monkey in business, it will take native clients, and shell integration - right-click context-menu stuff, a "my projects" folder in "my computer", drag/drop everywhere...
who knows - once evolution is ported to windows, maybe we'll see progress on this front. a cross-platform native groupware client would be a huge win for desktop viability in businesses.
Why do people insist on calling these projects such silly names ?:P I've been trying to get my company to go with NetMail, but... Hula ? My boss will just laugh at me:(
the true cost of hiding behind fair use for blatant copyright infringement is that, in the popular mind, it taints legitimate fair use and other copyright issues that actually are important.
if you want entertainment media, buy it, or acquire it through other means sanctioned by the copyright holder.
When a consumer is buying a plasma at Best Buy (for example), I don't think in fact they are buying a TV with a life of 20,000 hours. I think they have no idea that is the case, and as far as they are concerned that TV should last for years and years.
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i'm a lazy vegetarian - i'd hate to have to choose between walking and cruising on turkey guts.
...when you can get AOL internet accelerator for FREE!
*please* shut up. i'm sick of this personalized response to a generalized lament.
most people aren't "complaining" directly to a F/OSS software developer that they have to "fix" something - they're bitching about long-standing problems in F/OSS that block its wider acceptance by non-technical users.
heh, my wife's friend is yanni's real estate lawyer. i keep telling her "she's so close... just a heartbeat away..."
single sign-on. that's the main reason i want it. i spent three days on it once without success.
my strategy now is to wait until it gets dumbed down enough for even a moron like me to use. i've got stuff to do.
hmmm... mod this "funny" or "elitist douchebag"...
oh well, too late now.
What would be the default realm? What is the LDAP domain?
ask me during setup.
Will the root user be stored in the LDAP directory or not? What kerberos principles will be created by default? Will your mail alias information be stored in LDAP or not? What do you do if the LDAP server can not be contacted? How will you handle applications that do not talk to LDAP, PAM or Kerberos? Do you really want a DNS server running on every host you install this distro on?
*i don't care*. pick some sensible least-dangerous defaults and make ldap auth work for me out of the box. i'll discover the other functionality as i need it.
when i installed my first linux box i didn't know dick about PAM, passwd or shadow. but i could log into the fucking thing.
i'm guessing the difference is that setting up AD server and AD-based single-sign-on doesn't make you want to gouge out your eyes with a shrimp fork (compared to linux at least).
i say i'm guessing because i'm 100% linux at home and work, and i'll never lay a hand on a windows box if i can avoid it; but the theme of this Ask /. is dead-on.
Linux needs *easy*, *default*, *out of the box* ldap-based authentication. i should be able to install a distro, select "ldap auth", and then have everything automagically authenticate against it - shell, apache, samba, IMAP, etc etc etc. same on workstations - select "ldap auth", specify the ldap server, and you're done.
i don't know any distros that offer this ease of use - correct me if i'm wrong. (i run debian sarge and sid).
it always amuses me when those self-infatuated whores (politicians) slander "beaurocrats" who have kept things up and running for years before the whores got there, and will keep them running for years after they leave.
i know it's mostly shameless fawning and flattery of the voters, but still...
one of the interesting parts was that, "looking back", much of the world had switched to open source software because it was more secure.
(i know, i know - "all two of them.")
more precisely: what bill gates thinks about software patents before and after heading up the largest software corporation in history are going to be different.
his opnion hasn't evolved, his circumstances simply have changed.
who knows - once evolution is ported to windows, maybe we'll see progress on this front. a cross-platform native groupware client would be a huge win for desktop viability in businesses.
just make up an important-sounding acronym:
High-end Ultimate Life Assistant.
ok, that sucks. make up your own.
COTS: commercial off-the-shelf?
do you really want google's billing and marketing departments to know that you search daily on "donkey-porn"?
if you want entertainment media, buy it, or acquire it through other means sanctioned by the copyright holder.
well, you dullard, you'll be figuring out the most efficient routes for the garbage truck.
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i did, bitch didn't answer wtf !
lotus didn't have an operating system monopoly to deliver its products on.
in fact, microsoft explicitly used windows to cripple its competition. "windows ain't done til lotus won't run!" - remember that?
that's almost 7 hours a day for 8 years.
i thought the apt-get faerie just creates them out of thin air...
google does it again. so long mapquest etc.