I consult for some schools and I work for a school district. I hesitated to write this as a reply to the other question, but now you've asked the question to which I REALLY have an answer. And the answer is... single sign on and MS Active Directory. We want to be able to join a Linux box (K12LTSP server, usually) to an AD network and have home directories automagically mounted correctly (pam_mount needs to be enhanced to query the AD server, etc.), and we want to be able to configure Samba/LDAP easily for non-AD environments. Our desired state of affairs is one username/password/homedir per person. If there's an AD server in place, we should be able to add the K12LTSP server to the AD domain and use the Windows home directories. If it's a new network, we should be able to create a new Samba/LDAP domain (answering a bare minimum of questions, with some "advanced" configuration options available) and be able to join Windows workstations to it with no hassles. --matt Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote: [Mon Apr 23 2007, 11:52:37AM EDT] > > OK, let me ask another question, O my mailing list friends: > > What do you do for a living? > > Specifically, I'm looking for people who make a living serving schools. > What are the biggest pains in your collective asses? > > --g > > -- > Greg DeKoenigsberg > Community Development Manager > Red Hat, Inc. :: 1-919-754-4255 > "To whomsoever much hath been given... > ...from him much shall be asked" > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-education-list mailing list > Fedora-education-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-education-list -- Open Source Software Engineering Consultant http://majen.net/ _______________________________________________ Fedora-education-list mailing list Fedora-education-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-education-list
