On Oct 22, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Christopher Chan wrote: > Steven Susbauer wrote: >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: >> >>> Ryan Dwyer wrote: >>>> >>>> It doesn't matter how much work is involved. Do you think the >>>> Linux/Ubuntu community would be willing to change the way system >>>> logons work if it meant bug #1 could be completed? >>> >>> Let us see. To change the way system logons work would mean changing >>> pam, the C library and just about anything that has to do with >>> system >>> accounts. You are welcome to try to convince the Ubuntu community to >>> maintain a fork of all these essential system libraries and offer >>> some >>> form of backwards compatibility to avoid having to also modify who >>> knows >>> how many other packages like sendmail, apache, bind, ..., ..., ..., >>> everything. Mac OS X, a certified UNIX system as of Snow Leopard, is >>> enjoying a measure of success without having to become Windows >>> like. You >>> are barking up the wrong tree here. >>> >> >> Note that OS X (that UNIX certified system) has completely changed >> how system logons work. User accounts (and a ton of other things) >> are managed through the Open Directory service even on the local >> machine. The plus of this is it is also highly compatible with >> external directory services. It takes three or four clicks of a >> mouse to configure the system to use a domain server and >> authenticate domain users against a centralized system. Their >> system is both compatible with traditional UID/GID, and also allows >> for separation of local machine and domain accounts. >> >> I am not extremely familiar with the intricacies of the OS X Open >> Directory system and know that they have put in the work to make it >> work well and be compatible. It is not impossible and certainly >> worth considering before writing it off. Of course it may be that >> it is too much work to implement something similar. > > OH? Now this is interesting. I wonder if it is present in Darwin > where we can have a look at it.
It is indeed. See: http://developer.apple.com/opensource/dirservices/ as well as http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Networking/Reference/DirectoryServiceFramework/index.html Both the Directory Service and OpenDirectory server are on their open source download page and are APSL. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
