Novell password sync on Ubuntu

[Chris De Klerk]

Hi 

I hope this is the correct platform to post this.????

I have a problem ....I have been searching the web for weeks now looking
for a possible solution.....

The problem.....
	
	We have around 5000 windows pc's and the centralize user management
software is Novell and mail is Groupwise.
I have made the suggstion that we should use Ubuntu...as our desktop
OS...This is going to replace Windows. Now I have a problem with the
password sync between Evolution (Ubuntu Desktop) and EDirectory (NDS) or
Novell....

Like I have mentioned...I have been reading posts on the web for
two-weeks now and no real answer to the problem? Mapping drives ext. is
not a problem he authentication is not the problem it is when the user
needs to change it's password on Novell or when he needs to recieve a
notification about the password expiry date.


If any one can help me......

Thanks

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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 05:16:28 +0100
> From: Andrew Sayers <andrew-bugs.launchpad.net at pileofstuff.org>
> Subject: Terminal tutorials
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> I've been playing around with the idea of interactive tutorials that 
> introduce newbies to the terminal.  I think this counts as a 
> documentation project, so I'd like to see if the concept sparks any 
> interest around here.  There's download info at the bottom of this post.
> 
> 
> Premise:
> 
> I think it's common for Windows power users to install Ubuntu, google 
> the couple of things that don't quite work right, and find an Ubuntu 
> Forum post telling them to chown this and rmmod that.  Since they've 
> never even heard of a text-based interface, those instructions are 
> totally inaccessible to them.
> 
> Because these guys are brand new to Ubuntu, they've never heard of 
> help.ubuntu.com.  And even if Google showed them a page that explained 
> bash really well, power users in that "hunter-installer" mindset are 
> never going to sit still long enough to read it.
> 
> Suggested solution:
> 
> I think we need a set of tutorials that:
> 
>   * quickly teaches basic terminal use from first principles
>   * teaches things in really small chunks
>   * lets the user feel in control (not passively being lectured)
>   * works really hard to keep the user's attention
>   * Lets howto-writers in the forum start their guides with
>     "If you're new to the forums, try the tutorials before reading this"
> 
> I've written a small program that shows a possible implementation.  It's 
> called terminal-tutorials in my PPA:
> 
> https://launchpad.net/~andrew-bugs-launchpad-net/+archive/ppa
> 
> Once you've installed it, the program is available as Applications > 
> Accessories > Terminal tutorials.  It's basically just a 
> proof-of-concept right now, but can be easily expanded if there's interest.
> 
> So, what do you guys think?  Is this a useful approach?  Do you have any 
> ideas for more tutorials?  Would you have any interest on working on the 
> project?
> 
> 	- Andrew
> 
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