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Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Migrating Users NT/2000 -> Linux
From:       "Alex Brett" <alex.brett () brettcomputers ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-01-31 18:56:42
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We are actually going to continue using Windows clients (moving the 
entire school over to linux is an eventual goal but will not be happening 
for a few years yet).

The solution getting them from a database is not possible as we do not 
keep a copy of users passwords.

I'll bear in mind the idea of creating a database though and sticking 
them into an NT server and a linux server that way - could be useful in 
the future.

No decisions have been made yet and I'm just looking into what is 
actually practical.  From the look of that samba roadmap a great deal 
of the features there look useful to me - and looking at the alpha the 
group mapping feature looks particularly useful as presumably that 
fixes the problems I've had before where group policies don't work just 
by putting in a group name in poledit - you have to use default user and 
have multiple policy files and give each group a different netlogon dir 
(if people understand what i mean).

Thanks for all the info,
Alex Brett
alex.brett@brettcomputers.co.uk

On 31 Jan 2003 at 3:32, steven thomas wrote:

> I am interested in what sort of desktop/distro you are
> planning to use and how you intend to lock it down..
> 
> Steve Thomas
> St David's School
> 
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