[K12OSN] RE SME Server Authentication

[Kemp, Levi]

Does Group office sync up with the ldap, and email already setup in SME?
I'm looking at the demo and I'm really impressed. It almost looks like
you get everything a basic office worker needs right on a web page.

Levi Kemp
Technology Specialist
Bolivar R-1 Schools
417-328-8943
lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us

"The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and
buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even
too sure about that one"  

        --Dennis Hughes, FBI

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of Kemp, Levi
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:39 AM
To: Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] RE SME Server Authentication

Sounds like a great Server. And possibly just what I'm looking for. I'll
have to get a separate box to try it out on. I installed it with VMWare
on my Fedora 6 box at home, done with the K12LTSP cd's, and ran into
issues. I never got to the Web UI, but I did get to the CLI. Of course
after restarting Fedora the computer slowed down significantly, and the
vmx wouldn't open. 

Oh well, I'm loving Fedora 8! Found a great how-to on setting it up.
Lazy me now even my Logitech Cordless Keyboard has all its functionality
again. I can start Rythembox, play, pause, etc. Open a browser, even put
it to sleep. It's a really nice edition of Fedora, and appears to run
smoother than 6 did. Even with the desktop effects enabled. Biggest
issue was definitely Java, but once I made sure only the Java Iced Tea
was installed and configured right everything works.

Back to the server though. Tom Wolfe in another email brought up an
interesting question. Will you have to go to every computer and rejoin
it to the domain if you switch from AD to SME? If you use the same
domain name, and possibly transfer over the computer list from AD would
they still all work? Any thoughts on a conversion would help both of us
a great deal.

Levi Kemp
Technology Specialist
Bolivar R-1 Schools
417-328-8943
lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us

"The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and
buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even
too sure about that one"  

        --Dennis Hughes, FBI

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of Larry McPherson
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:29 AM
To: Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] RE SME Server Authentication

Do you authenticate OSX against your SME server, and if so, do you know 
of a how-to?

Great how to on contribs!! With pictures too.

Larry

Steve Towson wrote:
> Hi List.
> 
> I finished instructions on how to authenticate a Fedora 7 workstation 
> against SME Server.  It works pretty well except for automatic 
> unmounting of shares on logout.  Maybe someone can help me there?
> 
> The how to is located on the SME Server wiki - 
> http://wiki.contribs.org/Fedora7
> 
> Levi:  SME Server is a great alternative to a Windows Server 
> PDC/Exchange Server.  It has an attractive interface through which you

> set up users, groups and shared folders.  The shared folders can be 
> websites or just plain shared file places.  Users automatically
receive 
> a log in account and an email address, with auto-synced passwords.  It

> acts as a PDC as far as Windows computers and users are concerned, and

> I've shown above how to auth Fedora 7 against it.
> 
> It makes a great print server, you can set up automatic backup with
easy 
> restore.  It has automatic RAID monitoring.  It's just cool.
> 
> Add a few contribs like GroupOffice - 
> http://wiki.contribs.org/GroupOffice - and you've got a winning
server.  
> You can install moodle on it, and auth against the email accounts, 
> giving you powerful single-sign-on capabilities.
> 
> The only thing left to check for me is whether I can authenticated 
> K12LTSP against it.  And fix the unmount thing.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
>
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