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effie_jayxdoes edubuntu have a live cd with the educational apps already in it?00:33
effie_jayxI am willing to work with making one00:34
effie_jayxI find it difficult at times to show people the power of edubuntu having to install , and I wonder If making a edubuntu live cd with apps makes sense00:35
HushPehi, i'm researching and playing with ubuntu for a few local schools.  is it possible to have ubuntu desktop bound to AD and provide student lock down?07:13
HushPeit should be easy enough to work out mounting shares etc... but i just need to know about the lockdowns so i'm not chasing my tail07:14
TNKLTSPsudo apt-get install likewise-open07:18
TNKLTSPsudo domainjoin-cli join EXAMPLE.COM domainadmin07:18
TNKLTSPtype the password when accept07:19
HushPecool, so that will bind it all up, what about lockdown policy?07:19
TNKLTSPdunno know exactly what u mean (prolly I know but I use different name about it)07:20
HushPei know with OS X i can run a second LDAP to provide my mac specific policies (i.e. can't change desktop picture, change network settings etc...)07:20
HushPeso they can't run things like terminal :)07:20
TNKLTSPU might be able to do it via Microsoft Services for Unix or some similiar schema extension for AD07:21
HushPeah ok07:21
TNKLTSPor U might be able to do it via some other way07:22
HushPethere is the lock down editor under edubuntu07:22
HushPebut i believe that is specifically for gnome07:23
HushPeso AD users wouldn't get that policy07:23
HushPeat this stage it's a proof of concept and to show what linux is capable of to the powers-that-be07:24
TNKLTSPThere is some other ways to work these things around..07:25
HushPecool, i'll have more of a poke around in the documentation07:27
HushPei just wanted to make sure i wasn't chasing something that wasn't there07:27
HushPeone last question... is likewise-open a better bet that doing it the samba way? (apart from the apparent time savings)07:32
TNKLTSPlikewise-open doesnt need any tweaking from the AD side and U can use your existing AD resources07:42
TNKLTSPIll give U an example:07:42
TNKLTSPsopsaare@tuki:~$ id07:43
TNKLTSPuid=363339454(sopsaare) gid=363332097(domain^users) groups=363332096(domain^admins),363332097(domain^users),363334246(primus^users),363334738(mikrotuki),363337601(tyoharjoittelijat),84046526607:43
TNKLTSPsudo nano /etc/sudoers07:43
TNKLTSPand the last line is:07:43
TNKLTSP%miksotuki ALL=(ALL) ALL07:44
TNKLTSPso all the domain users part of the WIndows group "mikrotuki" (means IT support in english) has the sudo rights07:44
TNKLTSPbut Samba, LDAP + kerberos needs some tweaking from AD side.07:45
TNKLTSPIn basic Desktop installation U can use Likewise (infact it is just tweaked and pre configured Winbind (which is infact part of the Samba suite))07:46
TNKLTSPBut when talking about more complicated things like LTSP (there is one "bug" which prevents me from using likewise with LTSP)07:47
TNKLTSPand in my researches I have found that LDAP is more "right" way to do it, and Winbind is kind of dirty "hack"07:49
TNKLTSPbut Winbind (Likewise) works a way better if U dont wanna do much of tweaking in AD07:50
HushPeah ok, cheers, that helps heaps :)08:00
HushPejust a side question, is there good commercial ubuntu/edubuntu support (either by community members or companies?)08:03
ograHushPe, http://www.ubuntu.com/support/paid08:08
TNKLTSPMost AD's just have one Windows server sharing the home directories08:19
TNKLTSPthere is a way to use them too08:19
HushPewe have an interesting network08:19
HushPemostly macs08:19
HushPemacs for filesharing08:19
HushPewindows for authentication08:19
TNKLTSPNFS?08:19
HushPelinux for proxy etc..08:19
HushPesmb/afp08:19
TNKLTSPsmb could work08:19
TNKLTSPbut it has some bugs08:19
HushPeyeah08:19
TNKLTSPNFS would be better08:19
HushPe>2Tb under OS X :P08:19
HushPewell that was tiger08:19
HushPebut works well08:19
TNKLTSPwe have NetApp server sharing as NFS and CIFS :)08:19
TNKLTSPBut I'm thinking about some workaround08:19
TNKLTSPlike sharing the Unix home directories by Samba for Windows (as a network drive) so ppl could just copy paste what they need to use with Linux08:20
TNKLTSPLinux is coming first time for this school now08:20
TNKLTSPbut there I run to another problem08:20
TNKLTSPI have 2003R2 Ad domain08:21
TNKLTSPand some fucktard havent enabled the Unix Attributes for users08:21
TNKLTSPAnd when sharing the files via samba08:21
TNKLTSPthe file owner get recognized as "Unix User\UID"08:21
TNKLTSPwhile Linux recognised it as "DOMAIN\UID"08:22
TNKLTSPas it was meant to08:22
TNKLTSP(this was while using Likewise)08:22
HushPeah yep08:23
TNKLTSPAnd while the schema wasnt extended, the Ad infact recognised that they were Unix Users but they couldnt be made part of that without schema extension (ie. Windows Services For Unix)08:23
HushPethe problem here at present is the schools a funded for M$ products on wintel boxes only08:24
HushPebut support/funding is like to be pulled in next few years08:24
HushPeso it's a backup plan08:24
HushPeideally we'd be running os x08:25
HushPeand maybe linux08:25
HushPeplus i have a lot of schools in the area know that i run a lot of debian systems08:26
HushPeso i'm likely to be the guy to see08:26
HushPei've never used linux as an enterprise desktop system either, so digging around to find out what i can08:27
HushPethanks TNKLTSP i'll probably be back but it's evening here so i'm about to head out08:28
neil_dI have a LTSP setup for a business I was wondering if there is a howto on creating a backup computer in case the main server has a problem ?08:35
effie_jayxanyone have a clue where I could find and edubuntu glossy logo I could edit ?15:03
stgraberogra: hey, I have a problem.15:29
stgraberitalc 1.0.9 has been released so far with -rcX instead of ~rcX, so the final release is from a dpkg point of view < than the RCs ...15:30
stgraberhow can I solve that kind of mess ?15:30
ograstgraber, i guess only with more mess15:57
ogra(by renaming the tarball)15:58
stgraberogra: Would 1.0.9.1 help ?16:02
stgraber1.0.9 was actually released twice due to a QT bug, so calling it .1 isn't 100% false :)16:03
ogranot sure, test with dpkg --compare-versions :)16:07
stgraberstgraber@castiana:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0.9.1-0ubuntu1 gt 1.0.9-rc4-0ubuntu1stgraber@castiana:~$ echo $?16:08
stgraber016:08
stgraberso that's ok :)16:08
stgraberogra: I have a bug with the add-on cd :(16:33
stgraberhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/2999816:34
stgraberogra: and trying to get packages from universe, maybe a recommends problem16:35
ograoh, thats a lot16:35
stgraberyes16:36
ograi wont really have time this week (and likely be massively jetlagged the next if i'm home again)16:36
stgraberI've marked it as failed but we can still put that installing with internet will work fine (as a caveat)16:36
jintyignas: ping16:55

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