----- "Chris Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are helping a Uni set up a Linux cluster (CentOS 5 > based) and we've found out that they have two separate > Active Directory instances, one for staff and one for > students.
Thanks to *everyone* who responded, very kind of you all to take the time! We will look into the various suggestions, but the major issue we've just found out about is that they use the same algorithm to create usernames in both AD systems, and so all you need are a staff member and a student with the same name and you have a collision. My gut feeling is that this pretty much rules out using their AD system, but I'd love some more sage advice about whether any of the systems are able to cope with that situation ? I'll reply to a couple of the points that people have brought up separately, but I did want to thank everyone first so those I don't reply to don't feel I'm ignoring them! :-) cheers, Chris -- Christopher Samuel - (03) 9925 4751 - Systems Manager The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing P.O. Box 201, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia VPAC is a not-for-profit Registered Research Agency _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
