Re: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Is there a HOWTO somewhere showing how to do this?
Dave Prentice
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference


>There are PAM modules that will auth from an NT domain server if you
>wish.
>
>I would just keep the login from some local source and use an smbmount
>type command to access any city NT resources on demand.
>
>If it's just the look of the graphical login window you want, you could
>modify the xdm/gdm/kdm or whatever config to have some text stating what
>the NT domain is.
>
>- cameron
>
>On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 04:56, Dave Prentice wrote:
>> One other thing - I have a bunch of 486s I would like to spread around to
>> teachers in my school that have no computers at all. These have RedHat
using
>> gnome, and work fine in my little classroom LAN. However, each of them
will
>> need to access the citywide network as a more or less standalone machine.
>>     In linux, all the login screen requires is a login name and password.
>> However, the school district requires the typical NT configuration of
>> username, password, and domain. Is there a way I can customize linux to
log
>> on in this manner?
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Prentice
>> prentice@instruction.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Mellen <jmellen@cfl.rr.com>
>> To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:37 AM
>> Subject: RE: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference
>>
>>
>> >Just a quick thought from our school district...
>> >
>> >I don't know whether I agree with their logic but each school does
maintain
>> >a database of standard IP addresses. This allows the county/school to
track
>> >which machines are accessing which content. As a student, I find the
spying
>> >and distrust sad but as a liable admin I see where it is a big issue.
Just
>> >something to think about.
>> >
>> >jmellen
>> >
>> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >Jason Mellen
>> >Palm Bay High School
>> >Webmaster / TSA President / Television Producer
>> >Department Assistant - Vocational Education
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On
Behalf
>> >> Of Dave Prentice
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:13 PM
>> >> To: seul-edu@seul.org
>> >> Subject: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Guys,
>> >>     I haven't written for a while, but I need some suggestions. I had
an
>> >> accidental but very exciting conversation today with the
>> >> networking head for
>> >> my school district (New Orleans). He is new to the job, having
>> >> recently come
>> >> from a different city. Up til now, the Information Technology
>> >> department and
>> >> the citywide school computer operations have been in a state of
>> >> chaos. He is
>> >> trying to impose some sort of order. He explained the following
situation
>> >> and asked for input. I told him I would ask around. (He is familiar
with
>> >> Linux, but for political reasons can't put it into the school system
as a
>> >> whole.)
>> >>     A number of schools have set up their own unauthorized LANs with
>> local
>> >> servers. It's my understanding that there are several different
>> >> versions of
>> >> Windows being used on these. In some cases, whoever set them up
>> >> put in DHCP
>> >> servers, but either didn't know or didn't care about how to make sure
>> that
>> >> acceptable IP addresses were being issued. As a result, several are
>> giving
>> >> addresses which conflict with those coming from the school board's
>> central
>> >> or school-based servers. This causes conflicts and networking
problems.
>> >> Since some of these have been running for quite a while, he
>> >> doesn't want to
>> >> have to order them to disconnect their LANs from the Internet. The
angry
>> >> outcries would add to his woes. I suggested that he require those LANs
to
>> >> use static addresses, but he said that then somebody would need to
keep a
>> >> database of assigned IP addresses, adding further to the chaos.
>> >>     Anybody have any ideas about a strandardized way to bring the
>> >> LANs under
>> >> control? (Or any other good suggestions, while I've got his ear?)
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Dave Prentice
>> >> prentice@instruction.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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