[aklug] Re: windoze 7 sucks

From: <jonr@destar.net>
Date: Wed Oct 20 2010 - 09:28:33 AKDT

Quoting Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Arthur Corliss wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, jonr@destar.net wrote:
>>
>>> What linux needs is a good centralized config management system that's
>>> easy to setup, use and extend. MS has this already and that is one
>>> thing that is really nice about AD. I personally am not a fan of
>>> removing a users access from a 100+ boxes one box at a time.
>>
>> <G> There's expect, cfengine, bcfg2, chef, puppet, etc., etc., etc.
>>
>> It's all there. It's just a question of whether you want to use it and am
>> willing to take the initiative to use them.
>
> Ignoring my poor grammar I also have to point out that AD, GPOs, etc., is
> only *half* a config management system. It can apply policies, but it does
> very little to track the history, rationale, and whom is applying such.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die
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Rationale is subjective, the others can be monitored through the event viewer.

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