Looking for a mentor/adviser

[Stephen]

Well using freeIPA and Fedora directory server both point to using
Fedora as your base.

For file services i suggest using openfiler. very robust file server
and very flexible.
and i am leaning more towards CentOS for server installs and ubuntu
for Desktops/Laptops right now.

but this can change over time... i am still fond of Gentoo but until i
have a dedicated 2nd machine for my linux experimentation ill keep my
dual boot with Ubuntu.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Sean Parsons <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
> Matt,
>        I haven't selected a distribution, I tried Ubuntu and Debian, and
> didn't have a lot of success. My original post was simply to get someone
> willing to mentor me to help me build as much equivalency as possible so I
> can see if it can be done. How we were going to do this was yet to be
> determined.
>
>        I will insist that "IF" I determine it is feasible that support
> contracts will be investigated for at least the short term.
>
>
> Sean Parsons
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Matt
> Iavarone
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:13 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: Looking for a mentor/adviser
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> oooo i finally found it in some mail archives...
>>
>> http://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Actually there is this project:
>>>
>>> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/
>>> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync
>>> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download
>>>
>>> There is a spin off that i cant remember the name of, but it combined
>>> with that project and adds some additional ease of use with Active
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> That alone is a great start. as for what can be done it really boils
>>> down to what you want i to do. What about exchange do you use? what on
>>> those windows servers do you do what services and functions. knowing
>>> what services you are running will help us advise you on alternatives.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:25 AM,  <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>> I know I am absolutely not interested in muddying the waters by trying
>>>> this with virtualized systems, maybe after I can actually get them to
>>>> work..... I posted previously that I have dedicated hardware to use.
>>>>
>>>> You are also describing a combined network and I have already abandoned
>>>> that idea, so putting another windows server together is not going to be
>>>> what I'm looking for. As far as I can tell Linux doesn't have an AD
>>>> equivalent except Samba 4 which isn't out yet.... Samba 3.x destroyed 2
>>>> domain controllers trying to join it..... Not going to try that again
>>>> anytime soon....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sean Parsons
>>>>> I know that personally if you have just a desktop i would start with 3
>>>>> virtual machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> AD server (windows) Linux server for new AD and then A client
> workstation
>>>>>
>>>>> Virtualbox comes to mind as a nice portable interface for this. and it
>>>>> is cross platform.
>>>>>
>>>>> issue with that is you will need about 4gb of ram to function on this
>>>>> or there about.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM,  <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Ok, How would I build this sandbox as a list discussion?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sean Parsons
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I personally agree that this would be great on list discussion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> even if it is using Linux to support a MS platform, it still would be
>>>>>>> educational for me at least.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:16 AM,  <sean at theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Craig,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>> Wouldn't it be more useful and instructive to keep your questions
> on
>>>>>>>>> list? You would benefit from a greater availability of opinions
> too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, it seems a bit unfair to want private advising and deprive
> the
>>>>>>>>> list of the knowledge that is gathered by solving problems which I
>>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>> gather would be rather typical for many offices/businesses.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is no need to make changes to an AD environment to add Linux
>>>>>>>>> servers and/or workstations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>
> This leads to another important question.  What distro are you looking
> at?  Does your company require support contracts for the OS and apps?
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rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen