On 05/10/2011 05:42 PM, Sigbjorn Lie wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to see the ipa client scripts and possibly the admin > tools in a nice Solaris package. This would make my job a lot easier > as we have a lot of customers running Solaris. :) > > For the server part I agree with you, keep it at RHEL. > > SSSD @ Solaris / HP-UX / AIX ... well there isn't much (if any) of the > UNIX vendors selling their iron as client machines anymore. And I > don't see a considerable benefit in adding SSSD to servers, who will > be well connected to the network anyway. >
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1214 > > > Rgds, > Siggi > > > On 05/10/2011 11:31 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote: >> On 05/10/2011 05:11 PM, Steven Jones wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> There are OSS packages that can be installed into Solaris.....so I >>> dont see why freeipa cant be ported....at least the x86 CPU version >>> anyway. >> I think this will be a huge undertaking. It is not that simple. And is >> there really a value for IPA to be on Solaris? >> I can understand the client part but the server is less important. It is >> a dedicated server running on BM or VM so does it really matter what os >> it is running as long it is supported and affordable? >> >> We as a dev community will be open to any effort to port the whole stack >> to some other distribution but I bet there are better uses for someones >> energy that we can utilize to deliver better functionality to this user >> community. >> >> Client is a different issue. I tried to talk to IBM, HP and Sun a year >> ago. They are not interested in porting SSSD to their platforms. >> >>> Oracle/Sun may not want to do IPA but if you had ever had the >>> mis-fortune to try and use Oracle's IdM / OVD /OID you'd understand >>> why few techies/ppl/businesses want it.....its bloody awful to >>> install let alone work with or maintain....So its turns into a risky >>> endeavour and no one sane wants that much risk in their >>> business....let alone the 6 figure costs..........and yes Im talking >>> over a million.... >>> >>> Hopefully we are getting away from the silo attitude of >>> vendors.....Vendors might want only their products in a customer >>> site, but realistically customers dont want that for lots of >>> reasons, and pillaging your wallet is one of the biggest.... >>> >>> In our case all that happens is we wont buy Sun kit if it doesnt >>> work the way we want to work....their loss. >>> >>> regards >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com >>> [freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com] on behalf of Dmitri Pal >>> [d...@redhat.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, 11 May 2011 8:24 a.m. >>> To: freeipa-users@redhat.com >>> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] FreeIPA for Linux desktop deployment >>> >>> On 05/10/2011 04:10 PM, Steven Jones wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Its quite interesting that there are no real clients for ipa >>>> outside of RH/Fedora....this will probably do more to delay or >>>> restrict its adoption than anything else. >>>> >>> Not sure what you are talking about. Any kerberos enabled service is a >>> service and any pam_krb5/nss_ldap or SSSD enabled system can be a >>> client. >>> SSSD is in Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, RH >>> Would be nice to have it in other OSs like Solaris and HP-UX but they >>> have other plans. >>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> Steven >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freeipa-users mailing list >>> Freeipa-users@redhat.com >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipa-users mailing list > Freeipa-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > > -- Thank you, Dmitri Pal Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project, Red Hat Inc. ------------------------------- Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users