[K12OSN] Wish list

[Abe Loveless]

Intro:  My name is Abe Loveless, for the past several years I've been 
heavily supporting Linux servers in K-12 schools in Illinois(US). 
Primarily, we've been working with SME Server (E-Smith), recently IPCop, 
and even more recently I've been getting very interested in K12LTSP.  I 
joined this list a couple weeks ago, after talking with Jim Hays.  As 
everyone else says, a lot of info flies around here and I've learned a 
lot already.  :)


Les Mikesell wrote:
> One more thing for the 'bug someone else' category:  Find out what is up
> with development on the free version of SME server these days and see if
> it is possible to make it integrate better into a Linux network.  It
> would be really great if its web based user/group management maintained
> an LDAP server with the current schemas needed for network
> authentications, it had NFS to export the home directories, and its

There's a big push right now to make SME Server's LDAP integration a lot 
better.  So far, it looks like Derek Dresser is leading the charge in 
this area.  I'd sure like to send you a link to the devinfo list 
archive, but they just completed the physical move of contribs.org to 
the Lycoris ISP and apparently don't have the previous messages restored 
yet.

Greg Zartman is also spending some serious time working with the upgrade 
to Samba 3, and adding the ability to link the standard Windoze groups 
to SME Groups.  (PowerUsers, Administrators, etc)


> Of course, SME needs to be moved to fedora, Centos, or some other
> current yum-maintained distro to make it a reasonable server choice.

This is also in the works.  Several contrib developers are working on 
the SME port to CentOS.  Of course, we don't really know a lot as 
Lycoris hasn't released their intended roadmap for the SME product. 
But, it sounds like they are committed to supporting the open-source SME 
Server.  From reading the list, and a few articles on devinfo... it 
sounds like Lycoris is going to push out a new SME Server fairly quick 
(probably re-branded with a few bug fixes), then dive into the CentOS 
port first thing.

Be aware, of course, I don't speak for anyone but myself.  ;)

Anyway, I guess I just wanted to say that some of those SME requests are 
in the works... but if any K12LTSP gurus wanted to send out some 
feelers, they may or may not get any better answers than the rest of us.

Regards,
Abe



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Abe Loveless
Network Specialist

Area V Learning Technology Center
200 Clay St.
Edwardsville, IL 62025

http://www.lth5.k12.il.us/
http://www.tech-geeks.org/