Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 17:09:21 -0800 From: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> To: Mike Fisher <mfisher@csh.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: any news on w2k in the world? Message-ID: <38C1B3C1.7373984A@owp.csus.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003041652400.7682-100000@parsons.rit.edu>
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Mike Fisher wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Joseph Scott wrote: > > > Back to your question though. Admin : windows needs good scripting > > ability, NT 4 definitely didn't have it. Does 2000? Don't know. > > Case in point : try adding 500 windows accounts, point and click all > > over. In the unix world you'd just script the creation go to town. > > Administrating NT well requires clue, just like administering a UN*X > system. I've seen an adduser script that a non-MCSE'd NT consultant > wrote for doing the addition of such volumes of accounts. This was > for NT4 and existed prior to summer 1998, so it isn't something that > one of the more recent service packs added. > I suppose there is a cultural difference. The feeling in NT is that all/most things should/must be done through the gui tools. In the BSD/Unix world that just simply is not the case, often servers don't have any gui tools on them at all. After I read some of the perl modules for win32/NT I figured this was the best thing that ever happened to NT. If I was MS I'd do what ever it took to buy ActiveState. Perl on NT brings the scripting features it needs so badly. This would also help BSD/Unix people who have to deal with NT as they will likely have at least some basic feel for perl or some sort of scripting. There are still issues of course, but it's a big step in the right direction. Joseph Scott joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu Water Programs - CSU Sacramento To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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