Re: Maintaining the Salvation Army terminal server

From: W.D.McKinney <deem@wdm.com>
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 16:55:12 AKDT

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 16:31, Joshua Kugler wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2004 15:36, Damien Hull wrote:
> > Look, I'm not trying to put down Linux. I'm only trying to explain what
> > I did and what I found.
>
> Oh, I know. And I realize Linux still doesn't have polish in some areas. I
> was just doing my defending part. :)
>
> > On the terminal server I setup there are different users for each thin
> > client. This makes things simple. We don't have to create an account for
> > everyone that wants to get on the Internet.
>
> Oh...I see. Personally, I wouldn't like this approach, but if that's what's
> needed, sure. How about root owned, read-only .bash_logouts that would run a
> script that reset everything?
>
> > I was told about the kiosk tool for kde. I gave it a try and found that
> > it didn't work well. I may give it another try but at the time I made a
> > quick decision to go with Gnome. Since then I have found other problems
> > with kde.
>
> IIRC it is under active development, so it's probably getting better.
>
> > Why did I chose to use slack? It's up to date, has what I want, and it
> > works.
> >
> > I've never been a fan of Mandrake.
>
> Well, I like Mandrake because it's up to date, allows you to install *just*
> what you want, and has some great admin tools. Makes admin'ing Linux much
> easier.
>
> >
> > Windows 2003 server gives you the tools and the control that one needs
> > on a large network. If I'm maintaining a network of 100 workstations I
> > can quickly add users, configure their desktops, and give them access to
> > the files and folders they should have access to. All with a few mouse
> > clicks. Try that in Linux.
>
> The add users and configure their desktops, pretty much. The folders and
> files, that would require an ACL system on Linux.
>
> > As far as I know the only one that comes close is
> > Webmin.
>
> Yes, Webmin is nice.
>
> > My conclusion is that any one who wants to be a Linux/Unix admin needs
> > to create them selves a bag of tricks for maintaining systems. With out
> > your own bag of tricks there is know way you can maintain a Linux/Unix
> > system effectively.
>
> Somewhat. But it's getting better. I would encourage you to installing a
> recent Mandrake (10.1 sounds good). Install all the drak* package, and take
> a look at just how "point and click" Mandrake has made administration.
>
> Mind...I'm not trying to get into a distro-war. Just conveying experiences.

This was published this year and a lot of folks really like it.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/8738

Cheers,
Dee

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