Idea for a spec

[Scot McSweeney-Roberts]

Etienne Goyer wrote:

>Setting up an "Ubuntu domain" would involve running a configuration
>scripts, a wizard, on what will become the reference server (hereafter
>called the "master").  This would configure the infrastructure services
>according to the spec.  Another setup tool is to be ran on machine that
>want to make use of these infrastructure services (hereafter called the
>"clients").  Ideally, you only have to provide the name or address of
>the master server to the clients to have them auto-configured to make
>use of pre-defined infrastructure services.
>  
>
Doesn't FAI provide this sort of thing? -
http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/

To be honest, I don't really understand what it is intended by the spec.
It seems to be some form of cross between a "network in a box" and a
domain controller. What problem is the spec supposed to solve?

cheers

Scot