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[Dave M. Sullivan]

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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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
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Dave Sullivan <demsullivan at gmail.com>