Blog Entries tagged 'Networks Databases'

Open Source in schools could save the taxpayer billions

jspencer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In a previous 2005 report the Government quango Becta showed that schools could effect considerable savings by making use of Free Open Source software such as Open Office. In their study they simply looked at 'like for like' software replacement using existing networks and computers.

Since this study we have seen the emergence of the new breed of ultra-portable Linux-based computers aimed squarely at the education sector and the inexorable build of Web 2 services such as Google Apps [...]

Directory Services: Part 2

tcallway — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This month's OPEN For Business! is the second in our LDAP mini-series. The series is about using directory services to make the administration of your network easier, and potentially, how to replace every bit of proprietary software you may have in the network with better Open Source software, plus how to tie it all together. Last month we covered what a directory is, and hinted at what you could do with it. This month we will look at the creation of a single user account base and single sign [...]

Directory Services: Part 1

tcallway — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This month's OPEN For Business! is the first in a mini-series. The series is about how to use Directory Services to make the administration of your network simpler and easier. We'll look at how to replace every bit of proprietary software you may have in that network with what we all know is a far faster, far more reliable solution, Open Source software. Then finally, and most importantly, I'll show you how to tie it all together into a network that really delivers, and that really provides, [...]

Samba

tcallway — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Providing printing for a network is quite different to providing it for a single machine. On a single machine you simply attach a printer to the 'USB port' or 'parallel port'. However, for a network you have a dedicated machine (called a 'print server') that collects print jobs from any machine on the network, holds that job until a specified printer is ready (known as 'spooling'), and then feeds it to that printer. A good print server may also do a number of other useful things - like keepin [...]

LDAP Authentication

tcallway — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Introduction
What is LDAP?
Why use LDAP?
Credits Setting Up An OpenLDAP Server
Install Master Server
Secure Master Server with SSL/TLS
Populate Master Server
Summary of User Object Classes and Attributes Table
Install Slave Servers Configure UNIX Hosts for LDAP Logins
LDAP enable Samba PDC For NT Workstation Logins
Configure NT Workstations for LDAP Logins LDAP enable Samba PDC for NT Workstation Logins Configure NT Workstations for [...]

Directory Services: Part 3

tcallway — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This month's OPEN For Business! continues our LDAP mini-series. The series is about using directory services to make administration of your network easier, and potentially, how to replace every bit of proprietary software you may have in the network with better Open Source software, plus how to tie it all together. So far, we've covered setting up a Directory Service based on OpenLDAP, and everything you need to do to create a single user account base and single sign-on across all of your Ope [...]