Hello all. I am a relative newbie at computers in general and have basically only Linux experience. I was approached with the question of why should a company consider changing from Novel to Linux, but due to the fact of knowing little about Novel, I could only mention the pros of Linux, and therefore an incomplete answer. I would appreciate brief advantages of Linux over Novel. Thanks, Trevor.
At 12:35 PM Monday, 9/16/2002, Trevor Fraser wrote -=>>experience. I was approached with the question of why should a company >consider changing from Novel to Linux, but due to the fact of knowing little >about Novel, I could only mention the pros of Linux, and therefore an >incomplete answer. I would appreciate brief advantages of Linux over Novel.I have a somewhat heterogeneous environment here and utilize both. I have no windows servers. I use my linux box as an email server, a list server, an ftp server. I got my CNE before I started to learn linux and as a result, we use one Novel machine as a firewall and web cache with BorderManager. One other serves as the main file and print server. As I see it, the one major advantage for us with Novell is NDS. We use it fairly extensively to handle rights to network resources. Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. -James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Hello Ed, I know it?s a little out of the thread but do you have SambaAccount schema for NDS or know where can I find it? I installed the NDS for Linux and couldn?t find this schema. Thank?s Bruno Pereti.> I have a somewhat heterogeneous environment here and utilize both. I have > no windows servers. > > I use my linux box as an email server, a list server, an ftp server. Igot> my CNE before I started to learn linux and as a result, we use one Novel > machine as a firewall and web cache with BorderManager. One other serves > as the main file and print server. > > As I see it, the one major advantage for us with Novell is NDS. We use it > fairly extensively to handle rights to network resources. > > Ed Kasky > Los Angeles, CA
Montag den 16.09.2002 um 19:13 CEST +0200, schrieb Ed Kasky:> At 12:35 PM Monday, 9/16/2002, Trevor Fraser wrote -=> > >experience. I was approached with the question of why should a company > >consider changing from Novel to Linux, but due to the fact of knowing > >little > >about Novel, I could only mention the pros of Linux, and therefore an > >incomplete answer. I would appreciate brief advantages of Linux over > >Novel. > > > I have a somewhat heterogeneous environment here and utilize both. I have > no windows servers. > > I use my linux box as an email server, a list server, an ftp server. I got > my CNE before I started to learn linux and as a result, we use one Novel > machine as a firewall and web cache with BorderManager. One other serves > as the main file and print server. > > As I see it, the one major advantage for us with Novell is NDS. We use it > fairly extensively to handle rights to network resources.Samba is capable to authenicate against a ldap v3 server. For this ldap version exist inside the samba source a "samba.schema" file. Last Saturday, Volker Lendecke (vl@samba.org) was ask this question, and he said: If there is no Problem with the ldap implementation of the nds, there is no reason for samba not to authenticate against nds via ldap, using the samba.schema. But he very intrested for a succes story of that kind of installation. BTW: Also the linux boxes are able to authenticate against ldap via nss_ldap and pam_ldap. (http://www.padl.com/Contents/OpenSourceSoftware.html) So you are able to manage your network completely with ldap/nds. -- Frank Matthie? fm@Microdata-pos.de
Hi, yes, it?s for eDirectory 8.6 but even I?m almost sure it?s correct, I don?t know if it works. Feel free to do what you want with it. I?ll keep the list informated of my progress. I intend to make a howto when I finish this "quest". I?m glad I can help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Carter" <jerry@samba.org> To: "Bruno Gimenes Pereti" <pereti@ump.edu.br> Cc: <samba@lists.samba.org> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] Novell vs Linux.> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Bruno Gimenes Pereti wrote: > > > The schema file is at: > > http://www.pereti.hpg.com.br/samba.sch > > Is this for eDirectory 8.6 ? Mind if I include it in > our CVS tree ? > > > > > cheers, jerry > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com > SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org > -- http://www.plainjoe.org > "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 > --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca-- >