Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 17:49:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Evan Sarmiento <evms@cs.bu.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD and Active Directory Message-ID: <200110062149.f96LnFj26783@csa.bu.edu>
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Hello, My high school recently hired a new technology coordinator. Instead of using open source software, the coordinator redesigned the network to support Windows 2000 and Active Directory. For those of you who do not know what Active Directory is: Active Directory is an LDAP server which delineates what privledges each host on the network has, etc. I asked him his policy on laptops. After a long conversation, he said: "I do not allow any laptops running *NIX to be placed on the network, as I believe it will interfere with Active Directory." I tried to explain to him how false his assumption was, but, he would not recant his infamy. I can understand, in a way -- He wants to make sure that the network is running for students to use. How would I go about convincing this enthusiast that FreeBSD will not somehow interfere with Active Directory? This is what I have tried so far. Fact: FreeBSD does not have any capability which would allow it to interact with Active Directory Response: I don't want to risk it Fact: Active Directory does not try to auto-configure clients, unless the client has the Active Driectory server name specified. Response: I don't want to risk it Can anyone help? Thanks, Evan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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