[aklug] Re: windoze 7 sucks

From: <jonr@destar.net>
Date: Wed Oct 20 2010 - 14:18:31 AKDT

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

> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, jonr@destar.net wrote:
>
>> Disagreeing doesn't mean it isn't there, it exists and it works not to
>> your level of satisfaction apparently. There is no config management
>> in windows because, well, there's no configs, everything is in the
>> registry. If I have one user who needs their password changed on
>> thousands of boxes I go to on spot and change it and it updates across
>> the enterprise. This is present in a default install of MS server, it
>> is non-existent in a default install of Linux.
>
> ?! Actually, that is patently false. That's exactly what PAM and/or
> Kerberos allows for, you only need to learn the tools.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die
>

I know the tools. I am having to touch three boxes to set this up for
one client. All that is needed now is to continue this process for the
other 100 or so systems.

This sounds easy enough.

Jon

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