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Hello Jose, |
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> I was searching for a solution for the problem of storing address book |
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> information, bookmarks, etc. in a centralized location (roaming user |
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> profiles) when I found about IMSP |
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It would seem to me that what you seek is very similar to a directory service. |
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http://www.infrastructures.org/bootstrap/directory.shtml |
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> Is there any other standard / interoperable solution for the roaming |
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> profile problem? All I've been able to find seems to be highly |
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> propietary or non standard at all. |
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Have you looked into using Samba, with an OpenLDAP backend? |
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www.samba.org |
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www.samba-tng.org |
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www.openldap.org |
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This book gives a plethora of implementation examples including the setup and |
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use of roaming profiles: |
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http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ |
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It would seem to me (after racing my eyes across those links you provided) |
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that this implementation may be limiting what the clients can use to only a |
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couple of solutions. Perhaps this is an "up and comming" thing that will be |
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more widely used in the future. Of course, it's also possible that this has |
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simply not gained enough momentum, as if it may have already been done with |
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other protocols, packages, etc. |
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Here is a quote from the following page (dating 9-11-1996): |
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http://asg.web.cmu.edu/acap/white-papers/acap-vs-others.html |
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" The other protocols and approaches to which we are comparing ACAP in |
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this document include: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) |
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and directory services in general; DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration |
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Protocol); SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); HTTP (Hypertext |
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Transfer Protocol); DNS (Domain Naming Service); distributed |
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filesystems, such as NFS and AFS; and traditional database-style |
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implementations, such as SQL. |
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We believe in the concept of 'the right tool for the right job'. We |
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have no love for re-implementing the wheel, but in researching the |
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available options in the context of Project Cyrus, we discovered this |
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particular type of precision screwdriver, and trying to get one of |
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these other protocols -- designed for very different forms of |
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transactions -- is like using a heavy-duty hammer or a wrench to get |
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this particular screw attached." |
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I hope this helps! |
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Best regards, |
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Robert Larson |
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