I feel like AD is a solution for a problem that Microsoft created.
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shalafi@lemmy.world 12 hours agoMy last company was a software dev and even they were only 70/40 Windows/Mac.
Yes, seems lots of European agencies are moving to FOSS, but more towards open office solutions. Moving to Linux for the OS makes fleet management pure hell. I know LDAP exists, but that doesn’t begin to compare to AD.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
kescusay@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You do know you can use AD with Linux, don’t you?
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I would love an explanation of how AD can control Linux machines! Can I reset you Linux password over AD? Can I lock you out of using removable media? How the hell do GPOs work?!
AD isn’t simply authentication, grouping computers and users. LDAP does all that.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
Please tell us the name of this 110% software dev, so we can avoid it. There is a min amount of math needed here.
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Made a typo smartass, and you know it. 70/30.
Now tell us all how smart you really are. Tell us how to manage a fleet of Linux or Mac machines, or even a mixed environment. One reason I passed an interview was with this very question! Go.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 hours ago
I don’t work in the industry anymore, but I did manage a few “fleets” in my day. However I do know that if I made such a typo (on the literal only data point) I would also be poked fun of when I did work in the terrible tech world. And if I lashed out I would be further dragged over the coals as let’s face it, that would be kinda pathetic.