Linux, Windows and Unix interoperability: News and tips
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Does your data center mix it up with Linux, Windows and Unix? Then, you'll gain interoperability know-how from this guide's news and how-tos on Microsoft Windows and Novell SUSE, Samba, Active Directory integration and more. If you don't find what you're looking for, email us with what you'd like to see.
News:
Samba
3 preview release behaves more like Windows
After a spate of field testing, a new Samba 3 preview release hits the streets with enhancements to
winbind and offline logon support.
News:
Samba's
Andrew Bartlett: Samba 4.0 brings Active Directory 'streamlining'
What's coming in Samba 4.0? More tools to help companies use Linux servers -- not Windows servers
-- says Samba Team member Andrew Bartlett.
News:
Novell
identity management marries event monitoring
At its annual BrainShare conference, Novell announced it would combine its Identity Manager 3.5
application with the company's existing network monitoring and login tools.
News:
Linux
and Active Directory -- the plot thickens
Not only do administrators want to manage large heterogeneous environments of Linux, Unix and
Windows servers with Microsoft Active Directory, but they also need to move away from Sun's
NIS.
News:
Managing
mixed source software stacks
Get a Linux architect's opinion of Vista and four tips on managing a data center's mix of open and
closed source software stacks in this report on Russell Pavlicek's LinuxWorld workshop.
News:
Samba
guru says be lazy, use Winbind
Jerry Carter, release manager for Samba 3.0, wants you to get lazy and take advantage of what
Microsoft has already perfected with user authentication and Active Directory.
News:
Microsoft
exec: SUSE Linux guest support on the way
In this Q&A, Microsoft's senior director of virtualization strategy explained how Novell and
Microsoft are using virtualization to bridge the chasm that separates Linux and Windows.
Tip: Microsoft
meets enterprise Linux: Novell's Open Enterprise Server 2
An expert discusses Novell Open Enterprise Server 2's new key features: Active Directory
functionality and enhanced virtualization capabilities.
Tip: Higgins
Project: Seeking identity management without Microsoft restrictions
The Higgins Project is an open source effort to create a standard for managing and defining digital
identity. Here, a security expert discusses the challenges involved in integrating Higgins with
Microsoft's proprietary CardSpace.
Tip: Using
Excel to analyze MySQL data
Connecting to an Excel database from open source MySQL isn't hard if you've got MyODBC driver.
Learn how to install and configure MyODBC, and link to specific tables and databases in this
tip.
Tip: Running
Windows as a VM on Linux with VMware Server
If you don't want to spend money on an expensive Citrix setup for running Windows and Linux, then
try running Windows as a virtual machine (VM) on Linux with VMware Server.
Tip: Software
stacks: Mixing proprietary and open source
In this tip, the author of Wiley's Open Source: The Unauthorized White Papers recommends
some basic rules for designing your own software stack, what components to upgrade and when to
consider replacing the whole stack or just a piece of it.
03 Apr 2007