2006/10/21, Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hi, > Am Samstag, den 21.10.2006, 02:31 -0400 schrieb David Trask: > > As schools begin to adopt things like Edubuntu, K12LTSP...etc on a large > > scale....being able to set up multiple servers and centralized > > authentication is a big point. I already do this using Samba/LDAP. I > > have multiple K12LTSP servers and a Samba/LDAP server for all users and > > their home directories. This makes adding servers to the mix....a > > cinch...as I don't have to worry about users and their data....I simply > > point the new server to the Samba/LDAP box. Matt Oquist and I (more Matt > > than me) have come up with smbldap-installer which makes setting up a > > Samba/LDAP server very easy (http://www.majen.net/smbldap) and thus gives > > the average school IT person(s) another option for centralized > > authentication of student accounts. The scripts do a lot with user > > creation and passwords as well. You can also easily set up BDC's as well. > > We have it working very well in Ubuntu as well as K12LTSP and Fedora > > Core. In fact, I find Ubuntu server to be one of the better ways to set > > up a Samba/LDAP server. Anway...my point... > > > so lets see how we can integrate it in the default server install ;)
Much work has already been done by the skolelinux/debian-edu team with respect to LDAP usage in classroom servers, and it could be interesting to consider collaboration on this point. A new software to manage the administration of the users and the servers is being developped that could well be integrated in Edubuntu. It is CIPUX. see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/CipUX The active developpers of CIPUX are in cc., as well as the debian-edu mailing list where much of the discussion is taking place. Further than this, I think that active collaboration between Edubuntu and Debian-edu could only be useful to all. Thanks, Nicolas (rest of message left for the case of information) > > This may be beyond the scope of Ubuntu/Edubuntu, but one thing school > > folks need is the ability to easily set up centralized authentication for > > their Edubuntu network....especially for growing or large networks with > > multiple servers. Maybe this is something that could be offered. It > > could also use a pretty face....right now everything is done in the > > CLI...although it's still quite easy...but to make it more attractive to > > the masses...putting a "pretty clicky" interface with it...will speed > > adoption. Just a thought. :-) > its totally not beyond the scope of edubuntu, our roadmap was always to > start at a) a single classroom level and build the best for that we can, > then grow in size of features to support b) a whole school setup and in > the end be suitable even for c) municipalicies. > i think with edgy even its not perfect yet we accomplish a) > for b) we surely need a centralized user management that works out of > the box and integration on a workstation level as well as integration on > the ltsp level. so lets build the base for that in mountainview to have > feisty fawn entering the school and not only the classroom :) > > ciao > oli > > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel > > > > -- Nicolas Pettiaux - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
