Re: Group Policy for Linux

On Tuesday 10 February 2004 16:42, Zackary Deems wrote:
> I was going to write a bit about the virtues of LDAP for multi-system
> authentication, but came to the realization that I'm not certain I
> understand exactly what you wish to accomplish.
>
> Teemu wrote:
> > Hi,
> > is there anything like Group Policy for Linux?
> > For thos who don't know what Group Policy is, it's a way to control
> > one to many computers which belong to the same "group". You can assign
> > security options, programs, startup/logon/logout/shutdown scripts and
> > even smallest things like homepage URL. I believe that this can be
> > done with scripts but is there a GUI or something for it?
> >
> > Thanks
Not so sure about LDAP in this situation, it sounds correct tho. It does have 
the necessary directory services. Can it be used to install certain software, 
force system configuration, create usergroups etc. to system in certain 
groups? If so, that's what Im looking for.