[Kolab-devel] kolab_setup (part of Kolab bootstrap rewrite)

[Buchan Milne]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Bo Thorsen wrote:

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> On Tuesday 23 March 2004 10:42, Stephan Buys wrote:
> > We have specifically chosen Microsoft terminilogy to make it easy for
> > people with little directory/Unix knowledge to pick up the exact
> > meanings.
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> This sounds fishy to me. But I'll comment on specific issues if there are 
> any.
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> In general, I don't like trying to hide the fact that people are changing 
> systems. That obviously doesn't mean trying to specifically make it more 
> challenging to change, but it's an annoyment if you're a unix fan 
> already.
> 

Well, before AD, there was really no standard for Enterprise-scale LDAP 
trees (ie ou=People,ou=Hosts, ou=Groups etc).

There is an advantage to retaining what investment people have in AD by 
emulating it where there is no better standard.

Regards,
Buchan