[clue-tech] Fwd: Contact info please

[David L. Willson]

Anyone know who Jeff is looking for?

David L. Willson
Network Engineer
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS

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David,

At the installfest on Saturday, there was a CLUE member that mentioned he knew someone who made a living by getting grants and then using that money to pay herself and install open source at schools.  Unfortunately we didn't exchange contact info.

The CLUE member was the guy sitting at the front, the one in the green vest.  White, clean-shaven, brown hair I think.  Medium height.

Can you put me in contact?

Thanks,
Jeff LePage



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--- On Wed, 1/7/09, David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:

> From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> Subject: Re: Working on Samba, again.
> To: "Jeffrey LePage" <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 2:24 PM
> 1) id* files are portable across distributions.  I've
> used my own id* files with Fedora and Ubuntu seamlessly. 
> So, in the proposed design, you could have the same folder
> used for $HOME, and it would work in a Fedora or a Ubuntu
> LTS or workstation.
> 
> 2) MP3's wouldn't play on the machine without VLC,
> but nothing would pop violently.  Just silence, and a log
> entry, I think.  Maybe an alert.  There would be two
> possible solutions: add VLC to the LTS or workstation that
> doesn't have it or remove the per-user configuration so
> that both boxes use the per-system configuration.
> 
> David L. Willson
> Network Engineer
> MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> tel://720.333.LANS
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey LePage"
> <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> To: "David L. Willson"
> <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 1:51:09 PM GMT -07:00
> US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: Re: Working on Samba, again.
> 
> I can think of at least two things that would be messed up:
> 
> 1) ssh - You could only have one id_dsa.pub, id_dsa,
> authorized_keys2, known_hosts, etc.
> 2) firefox - all mozilla browsers keep user preferences
> somewhere in .mozilla.  What do you do when you've
> configured mp3's to play with vlc, but you login to a
> machine that doesn't have vlc?
> 
> 
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> 
> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, David L. Willson
> <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:
> 
> > From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> > Subject: Re: Working on Samba, again.
> > To: "Jeffrey LePage"
> <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 1:28 PM
> > Actually, I'd like to see exactly how ugly it does
> get. 
> > The XUbuntu/Ubuntu move would probably be transparent,
> and I
> > think the mplayer config would degrade gracefully,
> too. 
> > It's worth a bunch of testing that I don't
> have time
> > for.
> > 
> > At worst, $HOME/Documents and "My Documents"
> > could both point to the same folder all the time for
> the
> > same user, and then users could be educated to keep
> their
> > valuables in that folder.
> > 
> > David L. Willson
> > Network Engineer
> > MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> > tel://720.333.LANS
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeffrey LePage"
> > <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> > To: "David L. Willson"
> > <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:29:28 PM GMT
> -07:00
> > US/Canada Mountain
> > Subject: Re: Working on Samba, again.
> > 
> > OK.  I'll give it a try.
> > 
> > One thing I don't agree with: setting up /home as
> a NFS
> > mount.
> > 
> > The reason is that too much desktop specific stuff is
> > stored in /home/$USER/.whatever directories.  Imagine
> what
> > happens when someone logs into a box running
> Ubuntu/gnome
> > and then later logs into a box running Xubuntu (xfce
> > desktop).  Imagine what happens when someone has
> configured
> > firefox to use mplayer to play videos and then logs
> into a
> > system without mplayer.  It gets very ugly very fast.
> > 
> > I would prefer to simply mount whatever shared folders
> are
> > required on the Desktop, whether that desktop be Mac,
> Linux,
> > or Windows.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 1/7/09, David L. Willson
> > <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: David L. Willson
> <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> > > Subject: Re: Working on Samba, again.
> > > To: "Jeffrey LePage"
> > <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: "admins" <admins at rmsel.org>
> > > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:39 AM
> > > Not done with my school.  Buried in other work.
> > > 
> > > CC'ing my team there, so they know what the
> > "dream
> > > sheet" looks like, currently.
> > > 
> > > Untried recommendation is LDAP, probably a VM
> running
> > > Fedora Directory Server on latest Fedora, add or
> > integrate
> > > Samba DC (not sure which is best or how to do
> it). 
> > Run all
> > > storage on another box, probably a
> domain-integrated
> > > OpenFiler, sharing SMB/CIFS and NFS.  /home is
> NFS
> > mounted
> > > on every server.  /home/$USER/Documents is shared
> > SMB/CIFS
> > > and mapped to the special folder "My
> > Documents" on
> > > any Windows box.
> > > 
> > > Servers:
> > > - directory (FDS/SambaDC) - 1GB mem,10GB disk
> > > - storage (OpenFiler?) - 2GB mem, XXXGB disk
> > > - as many LTS's as you need to support the
> load -
> > 2+
> > > cores, 4GB mem, 10GB disk each
> > > 
> > > If you get yours done before I get mine done,
> I'll
> > > gratefully accept any help or words to the wise.
> > > 
> > > David L. Willson
> > > Network Engineer
> > > MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> > > tel://720.333.LANS
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeffrey LePage"
> > > <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
> > > To: "David L. Willson"
> > > <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:22:08 PM GMT
> -07:00
> > > US/Canada Mountain
> > > Subject: Working on Samba, again.
> > > 
> > > David,
> > > 
> > > It's been a while since we last corresponded.
> 
> > > 
> > > I got sidetracked setting up a library system, so
> I
> > > couldn't work on fixing my semi-brokent Samba
> > system. 
> > > However, the library system is finally up and
> I'm
> > ready
> > > to get back to work on LDAP/Samba/NIS/whatever.
> > > 
> > > I need to get a proper system for unified login
> and
> > network
> > > storage up and running.  I believe you had
> settled on
> > some
> > > sort of Samba/NIS combination for your school.
> > > 
> > > What would you suggest, and what should be my
> first
> > step. 
> > > If possible can I take a look at the system you
> set
> > up?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jeff LePage