On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 02:31 -0400, David Trask wrote: > 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... > > 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. :-)
Hi, I was just going back through mail, and I thought that I'd pass this on, in case you weren't already aware of it: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/easy-ldap-server The "Ubuntu Directory Services Team" is a group that has just formed to develop single sign-on for Ubuntu systems (with point and click :) ). LDAP, Kerberos, and Samba components all need to be worked on. Membership is open to anyone with an interest, and I'm sure that you would be very welcome: https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-directory This team was only recently announced, but we have about forty people signed up so far. The page doesn't say, but UDS discussions are currently happening on the #ubuntu-directory IRC channel. -- Stuart Ellis http://www.elsn.org/ -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
