Hello, I'd like to use the thread at the ubuntu-devel-discuss as the single point of feedback, so @David, could you please send your feedback to that list too?
For the wiki, I think it should work, there's no special permissions required. I had none, so I think none is required aside for the Launchpad account. Cheers, Ballock On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:23 PM, David Burke <dmbs...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm interested in this. Sorry I didn't attend the last UDS. I can't seem > to log into the wiki. Do I need permission for such? > > I agree coming up with a preferred solution would be wonderful. The > choices can be overwhelming. Some thoughts: > > - > > pam-ccreds/nss-updatedb - I find this introduced considerable lag into a > system with < 500 users. > > - SSSD - I've run into trouble from what I suspect is not having the > unix attributes in Active Directory. If I cared enough I could change this. > All new versions of Windows Server support this right? Looks like SSSD > wants to eventually support this. > - Samba - Samba3 client works fine for me so far in a trial group. I > want to try out Samba4 this summer both client and server. Of note a LOT of > people have AD and with samba4 one doesn't need Microsoft's implementation. > > Something to watch is Zentyal. Their next > version<http://www.zentyal.org/archives/2012/11/06/1117-tentative-zentyal-3-2-roadmap-published/>is > supposed to have desktop client support. > Edubuntu also has plans <http://edubuntu.org/2012-10-27/edubuntu-at-uds-r>for > this. > > Needs I have and feel strongly about: > > - Folder redirection and friendlier mounts. As > discussed<https://lists.launchpad.net/enterprise-ubuntu/msg00077.html>. > Doesn't seem to be any solution. > - First log in issues. Described in my > blog<http://davidmburke.com/2012/04/26/ubuntu-12-04-deployment-with-active-directory/>. > In short first log in in Ubuntu can fail if networking is not up. My work > around (pingtest) is not ideal because if credentials are cached it's > wasting time. It should be handled by pam. I think the ideal logic should > be: > Attempt log in (local, cached credentials, etc) > If failed AND some network auth is present AND networking is not > settled: > display a friendly message with cancel button "Waiting for network > connection" > wait until networking succeeds or fails in connecting > > Best, > David > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Bolesław Tokarski < > boleslaw.tokar...@tieto.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to execute some of the points we started at the last physical >> UDS >> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**Enterprise/Needs<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Enterprise/Needs>) >> and took up the topic of authentication. >> >> I did some analysis of the open-source options there are and summarized >> it in an email to the ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list ( >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/**archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/** >> 2013-May/014518.html<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2013-May/014518.html> >> ) >> >> Is there anyone interested in discussing the topic? I hope to get a vUDS >> session about this next UDS, in the meantime we can get some consensus. I >> would like to find the people that should attend such a discussion due to >> their involvement in this area. I believe we have such people on this list >> already, but feel free to involve anyone who you believe should be part of >> such discussion. >> >> In the meantime I'd like to create some action points in our >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**Enterprise >> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Enterprise>wiki. I entered "Current activities" >> that includes a reformat of the >> aforementioned email. >> >> Please review it and give feedback. There has not been much response on >> that ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list, perhaps we should fix the >> authentication issues ourselves. >> >> Cheers, >> Ballock >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~**enterprise-ubuntu<https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu> >> Post to : >> enterprise-ubuntu@lists.**launchpad.net<enterprise-ubuntu@lists.launchpad.net> >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~**enterprise-ubuntu<https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu> >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > >
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