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[Evan Dandrea <evan.dandrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5 November 2013 14:34, Andy Doan <andy.doan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/05/2013 04:48 AM, Evan Dandrea wrote:
>> IS already has a system for managing credentials across all the machines
>> in the data centre: userdir-ldap. Is there a specific concern you have
>> with this approach?
>
> Not sure the details of it. I like my proposoal because it doesn't require
> LDAP (one less thing to fail) and I suspect would be easier for us to
> maintain/manage. But if its the standard, then my points are probably moot.

*nods*

I think for what we sacrifice in extra effort in userdirldap, we make
up for in having systems that IS can access when needed, improving our
coverage outside of normal working hours.

If there are features missing from userdirldap that we need, let me
know and I'll raise them on the next IS/UE catch up call.