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[Myles Braithwaite]

You can do some what group policies. But everything has to be configured
on the individuals workstation. You have access to all user and groups
on the linux server.

Dave M. Sullivan wrote:
> So you just use it for single sign-on services, but not group policies and such?
> I've been reading a lot into Kerberos/LDAP and Active Directory/Linux
> integration, but as far as I can tell, you can't do group policies
> with Linux.
>
> On 8/28/06, Myles Braithwaite <myles at monkeyinyoursoul.com> wrote:
>   
>> Not full Active Directory but partial. It's backend is LDAP.
>>
>> Dave Sullivan wrote:
>>     
>>> Are you running an Active Directory domain controller on Ubuntu, or just
>>> a Kerberos realm?
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2006-28-08 at 04:05 -0400, Myles Braithwaite wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> What about ClamAV http://www.clamav.net/? It will find Mac OS X (yes
>>>> there are Apple Virus) and Windows. I am currently using at work on
>>>> our Domain Controller running Ubuntu 5.10.
>>>>
>>>> Greg Tees wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hasn't AVG released their antivirus for linux, anyways?  Or are planning to?
>>>>>
>>>>> But yeah, waste of time if you ask me, unless you intend to scan files that are
>>>>> Windows-bound.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 04:41:40PM -0400, Dave Sullivan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> If you download or order the 6.06 LTS CD, it comes with a feature called
>>>>>> LiveCD which lets you play around with it and try it before actually
>>>>>> installing it. The LiveCD is a fully functional system that doesn't
>>>>>> modify your hard drive at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For your printer and digital camera, unless you have some obscure make
>>>>>> and model, it will most likely work. Again, this is the benefit of the
>>>>>> Live CD.. you can test them out before installing it for good. Ubuntu
>>>>>> comes installed with OpenOffice.org, which is a functional Office suite
>>>>>> much like Microsoft Office, and supports all of Microsoft's file
>>>>>> formats, including doc, xls and ppt. There is also an Adobe Reader for
>>>>>> linux, or you can use open source PDF readers. There's a selection of
>>>>>> programs that will do this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for screensavers and antivirus.. I'm not sure about screensavers. The
>>>>>> ones that you use on Windows will most likely be incompatible with
>>>>>> Linux, since its a different system. However, there may be an equivilent
>>>>>> software that does the same thing. It just requires a bit of
>>>>>> browsing/asking around. Antivirus isn't typically needed on a Linux
>>>>>> system. There are free, open source antivirus software packages, but you
>>>>>> generally don't have to worry about viruses or other malware.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
>>>>>> That's what we're here for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dave Sullivan <demsullivan at gmail.com>
>>>>>> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DaveSullivan
>>>>>> http://daves-pgp-key.doesntexist.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 2006-27-08 at 11:46 -0600, james kreutz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> G'day
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My name is James and I'm considering switching to a linux O/S (ubuntu
>>>>>>> ver.6.06)
>>>>>>> Because all I've ever known is MS(windows) I'm concerned about
>>>>>>> How this will affect my programs and applications (please excuse me if
>>>>>>> I do not use the correct terminology)
>>>>>>> By programs and applications I'm refering to things like my screen
>>>>>>> saver(webshots), antivirus(avg)
>>>>>>> my printer and digital camera. Also what about opening things like
>>>>>>> Power Point and PDF documemts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is my contact info;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Email          Borniert at gmail.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Phone         (403) 560 - 2696
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If someone is willing to send me their phone # I would be more than
>>>>>>> happy
>>>>>>> to pay any long distance charges. Perhaps their is someone In the
>>>>>>> Calgary,Alberta
>>>>>>> area that I could contact to get a better feel for Linux
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> There are friends we can live with, and
>>>>>>> Great friends we can't live with out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James & Apache
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>
>>>>>           
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