some warmup questions

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:58:00 GMT, JR wrote:

> First of all... do I need Novell E-Directory in order to use ZENworks Linux
> Management?
no... at least you don't see it... it comes with it's own capsulated eDir
version.. the reason why you can't install it on OES..
> According to the .pdfs I need postgresql or oracle. So I guess I don't..
> it's not even mentioned
because it is hidden and only used for some stuff... mostly the database is
used.
> there which leeds me to my next question: does ZENworks linux management
> actually
> have anything to do with client authentication/authorization? And how do you
> allow/disallow
> devices to "bind" to the ZENworks server? I issued a "/.../bin/rug sa
> http://xx.xx.xx.xx"
> ét voilà. joined without any user interaction, no passwords, nothing..
> How is the client server communication secured anyway.. except for SSL/TLS
> certificates?
with certificates
> To me the whole thing looks very "open to everyone" to me. Working as
> intended?
yes... as you would be the "admin" for the corporation doing this stuff..
filtering on the firewall would take care of others not using your
repository..

and as you need root rights to run rug...

> Please enlighten me :)
I hope I could help with my limited knowledge..

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