[12:11] <chaks> hi Burgundavia, ajmitch
[12:11] <chaks> sorry was away :)
[12:11] <chaks> now back
[12:11] <chaks> me from Dunedin ajmitch
[12:11] <ajmitch> so you're at otago uni?
[12:11] <chaks> yep
[12:11] <ajmitch> yeah, I saw the discussion in -motu earlier
[12:11] <chaks> and my project is on Linux Server Management (LDAP Domains)
[12:11] <ajmitch> interesting
[12:11] <ajmitch> info science?
[12:11] <chaks> so want to start that as a contribution to ubuntu
[12:12] <chaks> no, comp science
[12:12] <ajmitch> ah fun
[12:12] <Burgundavia> chaks: got a linky?
[12:12] <chaks> nope, i havent posted anywhere :)
[12:12] <ajmitch> who are you working under?
[12:12] <chaks> Dr.Zhiyi, you know him?
[12:12] <ajmitch> yeah, I know him quite well
[12:12] <chaks> hey, where are you from? same dept??
[12:12] <chaks> :)
[12:12] <ajmitch> I was doing computer science
[12:12] <chaks> oh, kewl
[12:13] <ajmitch> you haven't happened to do tele301 or 402 in the last couple of years, have you? :)
[12:13] <chaks> where are you in dunedin?
[12:13] <ajmitch> heriot row
[12:13] <chaks> well me doing my Masters by Research
[12:13] <chaks> but i took a lecture for Tele301 :)
[12:13] <ajmitch> heh
[12:13] <ajmitch> ok
[12:14] <ajmitch> so what are you planning for your project?
[12:14] <chaks> its called Linux Domain Management Server which would take care of ,
[12:15] <chaks> 1) Asset Management (h/w & s/w & Users & groups)
[12:15] <chaks> 2) Software Distribution
[12:15] <chaks> 3) Reporting
[12:15] <chaks> and yes, the application shold be made easier to write still more plugins as features
[12:16] <ajmitch> ok, and how do you propose to go about it?
[12:16] <ajmitch> using LDAP with some custom schemas?
[12:16] <chaks> LDAP would be there as for the Domain Concept
[12:16] <chaks> and would extract info from them and have a small db to manipulate them
[12:17] <chaks> i can pass on the presentation to you now, if u r free to see them
[12:17] <ajmitch> sure
[12:17] <chaks> which wold make u clear a bit
[12:17] <ajmitch> where are you at the moment?
[12:17] <chaks> Me at my room
[12:17] <chaks> Arana Hall (hope you know :D)
[12:17] <ajmitch> yep, I know it
[12:18] <chaks> oh, thats the next building! :D
[12:18] <ajmitch> dcc won't work
[12:18] <ajmitch> send to ajmitch@ubuntu.com
[12:18] <chaks> oh
[12:18] <chaks> ok
[12:19] <ajmitch> what's the timeframe for this project? something to get finished by the end of the year?
[12:20] <chaks> yes, its one year
[12:20] <chaks> and it needs lots of work :(
[12:21] <Burgundavia> well, release early, release often
[12:21] <chaks> but as a team, we could implement it :)
[12:21] <Burgundavia> get a website setup and get something into my hands
[12:21] <chaks> sure :)
[12:21] <Burgundavia> I have a small live setup I can play with
[12:21] <chaks> kewl
[12:21] <ajmitch> sure, I think Zhiyi would be ok with it being done with non-uni people
[12:21] <ajmitch> you'd have to talk to him about it though
[12:21] <chaks> ajmitch, email sent
[12:22] <ajmitch> thanks
[12:22] <chaks> Zhiyi is pretty ok with it
[12:22] <chaks> and he wants me to do this
[12:22] <ajmitch> ok
[12:22] <chaks> atleast the prototype, becoz he thinks its good
[12:22] <chaks> and i told him that i am gonna start collaborating with ubuntu team
[12:23] <ajmitch> you may have met cameron kerr
[12:24] <ajmitch> to work on stuff in ubuntu, there needs to be specifications written & agreed on
[12:24] <chaks> i havent met yet
[12:24] <chaks> yea, i saw in the website
[12:25] <ajmitch> ok
[12:25] <chaks> have a look at my presentation and woud love to get ur views
[12:25] <ajmitch> just waiting for the email to arrive
[12:25] <chaks> oh
[12:26] <ajmitch> ok, got it
[12:26] <chaks> :)
[12:27] <ajmitch> from the first few pages, it looks ambitious for a 1 year project
[12:28] <chaks> :)
[12:29] <ajmitch> eg authtool, which I wrote for configuring network authentication on the client, and is quite modular
[12:29] <ajmitch> I've also been packaging stuff like fedora directory server for ubuntu
[12:30] <chaks> oh...fds!...it was crap for me...and i was nt able to make clients authenticated against fds :(
[12:30] <chaks> seeked their help, irc, none helped
[12:30] <chaks> and later i switched to openLDAP
[12:30] <chaks> and in one hour i had my setup
[12:30] <ajmitch> heh
[12:30] <ajmitch> that's why I'm trying to make it easy to use :)
[12:30] <chaks> authtool can be used for authentications and not sure what other features authtool has ;)
[12:31] <ajmitch> plus I like a mix of LDAP & Kerberos, though using pam-ldap over SSL/TLS isn't so bad
[12:31] <ajmitch> since I wrote authtool, I know it can be extended easily :)
[12:31] <chaks> i haven gone to the Security stuffs like SSL/TLS yet :)
[12:31] <chaks> *havent
[12:31] <chaks> ajmitch, me going to department now
[12:32] <ajmitch> ok
[12:32] <chaks> want to throw away fedora setup
[12:32] <ajmitch> heh
[12:32] <chaks> and bring in ubuntu openldap up :D
[12:32] <ajmitch> yeah, all the workstations there using fedora..
[12:32] <chaks> i told zhiyi i cant ;d
[12:32] <chaks> for my project :D
[12:32] <ajmitch> you can't?
[12:32] <chaks> i told him, i am gonna use ubuntu in my assigned machines
[12:33] <ajmitch> he'd probably have no problem with that
[12:33] <chaks> he was ok with it
[12:33] <chaks> yea
[12:33] <Burgundavia> chaks: i threw away a fedora setup for ubuntu
[12:33] <Burgundavia> it was glorious
[12:33] <chaks> thats the spirit Burgundavia ;) (lol)
[12:34] <chaks> ok, me leaving, will be online soon
[12:34] <chaks> see you soon
[12:34] <ajmitch> chaks: ok
[12:34] <chaks> send ur views though :)
[12:34] <ajmitch> since I'm only 10 minutes away :)
[12:37] <chaks> kewl
[12:37] <chaks> my number is 0212656464
[12:37] <chaks> feel free to ring up if you are nearby :)
[12:37] <chaks> we could also discuss regarding prject :D
[12:38] <ajmitch> alright
[12:38] <ajmitch> maybe this afternoon then
[12:38] <chaks> sure :)
[12:38] <chaks> bye for now
[12:38] <ajmitch> bye
[12:38] <ajmitch> nice small world, isn't it?
[12:48] <chaks> hi ajmitch
[12:48] <chaks> the upgrade was successful, so far no problems
[12:51] <ajmitch> excellent :)
[03:07] <robertj> ajmitch: is another commit of authtool coming soon? do you anticipate it will get AD setup before feisty?
[05:45] <robertj> can someone please go over https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SimpleSambaIntegrationSpec and give me your first impression?