[olug] Future presentation

[Phil Brutsche]

Jay Hannah wrote:
> I'm currently perplexed by Active Directory and my companies gridlock on
> it. What does it do that Samba doesn't? It's just authentication and
> file/print sharing, isn't it?

Nope, it's a "general purpose" directory service.  Unlike NT4 domains, 
AD handles a lot more than just authentication.

AD takes a hell of a lot of stuff that was hard on NT4 without training 
and makes it super easy.  Group Policies, for one ;)

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us