Re: Linux in a School envrionment

["Richard Vincent" <rkvincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree in part ... if Linux had an administration tool simmilar to Nwadmin
it would be a smashing success ... but the true beauty of NetWare is NDS
powered by a btreive database engine ... giving you the ability to set file
rights for a single user ( not group dependent) and span file rights accross
multiple servers ... something that is very hairy if at all practicle to do
with Linux right now .....
----- Original Message -----
From: "p. buxton" <somercet@hotmail.com>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Linux in a School envrionment


> >From: "Richard Vincent"
> >
> >Novell is cake ... a no brainer to administer ... and personally I
believe
> >it suites a school environment perfectly ... Linux has it's place indeed
> >... it can cut the TCO in more than half if used in conjunction to
NetWare.
>
> Novell Netware Admin (nwadmin) looks a bit like Windows Explorer and is
very
> easy to use. The office manager at this one place I know is getting the
hang
> of it and he hasn't a lot of experience at administration.
>
> But what is it like to install, set up, and run? The docs went AWOL. When
> Groupwise MTA goes blotto, they restart the server. They're stuck with IPX
> and the Groupwise MUA.
>
> Give Linux an LDAP-aware, point'n'click groupware tool written in a
suitably
> portable language like Python/Tk or Java (like nwadmin), and the ease of
> administration argument is gone.
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