You want provide users with secure location to post their files. You want users to be able access files using ACLs through network. (Using Kerberos 5 for authentication and SMB for file sharing)
You want users to have the same desktop settings regardless from which computer they logon to network. (Roaming profiles)
You want also make "Run" command available only to administrators and remove this commmand from menu from the rest of the group. (Separate group policies for admins and users)
You want users to automatically install software from central location when specific extension of file is clicked and software is not available on local machine. (Intellimirrow implementation)
You want all network trafic to be authenticated and encryoted between client machine and file server. (IPsec using PKI)
You don't want to touch users machine to make it happen apart from adding them to AD. (All settings assigned through group policies)
You are also having limited drive space on your file server and you would like to use existing tape library as extension to your file system which can fill up pretty quickly. (Remote storage)
How easy is this to implement for 5000 user network using Linux? Again, no third party sofware (that's what voidMain required for Windows tests).
You want users to be able to read their emails, have calendaring, access to public folders and some other reach GUI features without sending password in clear text. (Outlook, domain authentication).
You want to be able to connect and see what is happening on remote machine if user has a problem (TS implementation in Windows XP)
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