RE: Integrated Directory Service.

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

I know what you mean. The only thing I miss going entirely to linux is NDS.
gconf will take care of that problem. :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorge Gomes Silva [mailto:jgs@plurimarketing.pt]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:18 AM
> To: 'Bruce Stephens'; gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: RE: Integrated Directory Service.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, August 02, 1999 8:58 PM, Bruce Stephens 
> [SMTP:bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk] wrote:
> > Jorge Gomes Silva <jgs@plurimarketing.pt> writes:
> >
> > > Are there any plans for integrating a directory service 
> into Gnome ?
> > >
> > > I think that is a "must" if Gnome wants to find a place in the
> > > enterprise.  It also might be useful for the home user if 
> you think
> > > about it at an Internet scale.
> >
> > What would Gnome use a directory for?
> Well in Windows you can do things like sharing directories to 
> allow other 
> ppl to access information in your machine. If you do that 
> you'll probably 
> want to specify which users in the network will have access to your 
> shares/information. You'll need a directory service for that.
> 
> I worked with some big companies and one of the things most of them 
> demanded was "Roaming/Network user profiles". With Network 
> profiles (which 
> Windows provides), a user can logon at any computer, 
> validates himself with 
> a directory service on the network (a.k.a Domain Controller 
> in Windows) , 
> and gets its profile from the directory service. In that way a user's 
> desktop always looks the same, independently of the computer 
> where the user 
> logged on. This kind of feature is very useful in bank 
> branches where the 
> user can logon in different computers at different times.
> 
> These are two examples of using a directory service for "desktop 
> functions". Other uses may occur, like storing mail addresses 
> (important in 
> big organizations), etc.
> 
> As an additional point, one of the most important features 
> that Microsoft 
> has been advertising for its Windows 2000 is the "Active 
> directory" (I know 
> Microsoft may not be a good example...).
> 
> >
> > It's clearly the wrong thing to provide one.
> >
> > I can see why you might want a directory to be around, and so you'd
> > want Linux/FreeBSD/etc., to have a directory, but I don't want a GUI
> > to provide one.
> >
> > It would be nice to have a good Gnome directory user agent (using
> > LDAP, presumably), but that's an application.  I can also see why
> > you'd want mail user agents (and anything else which wanted email
> > addresses) to be able to use LDAP.
> >
> > I'm less sure that configuration and/or address books should be done
> > using LDAP.  I'm sure they will be, but I'm dubious that this is the
> > right thing to use.  (An SQL database for address book might be an
> > interesting way to go.)
> >
> >
> > --
> >         FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions at 
> http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq
> >          To unsubscribe: mail 
> gnome-list-request@gnome.org with
> >                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
> 
> 
> -- 
>         FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions at 
> http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq
>          To unsubscribe: mail 
> gnome-list-request@gnome.org with 
>                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
>