We meet at 6:30pm on the second Tuesday of each month at the Farmington Community Library.
REVIEW BOOK: We’ll have a copy of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (3rd Edition) available for someone to take home and review (courtesy of Addison Wesley). If you’re interested, please attend the meeting and let us know.
Planned Topics Include:
LDAP
LDAP can be quite intimidating for new users due to the sheer scope and a steep learning curve. Craig Barrett will talk a little bit about the history/roots of LDAP (which had its genesis right here in Michigan), and go over some of the more popular implementations being used today. Craig will also go over some of the nuts and bolts of directory servers, including directory structure, objects & attributes, schema definitions, ACLs, replication, and referrals. There will also be talk about some common use cases and (if time allows), we’ll try to work in some real-life examples. Questions and discussion are certainly welcome throughout!
Craig Barrett is enamored with technology, especially with the constant, complex, ever-changing challenges that are inherent in this field. There is nothing more satisfying to him than finally delving to the root of a particularly thorny issue, or unlocking the secrets of a system to bring the pieces together into a better, more efficient, more effective, and simpler whole. He is constantly on the lookout for ways to do things better, faster, more securely, and in-line with industry standards and best-practices, all in order to provide the best possible systems and processes for all users. He currently works as a Senior UNIX/Linux System Administrator at Delta Dental of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, with 15 years’ experience providing enterprise support in both internal IT & managed services roles. He has supported most of the major unix/linux variants over the last 10 years, along with various other aspects of IT infrastructure, and a diverse array of software & services.
Command of the Moment
If we still have some time, we’ll jump back into our continuing series: Command of the Moment. We’ll pick some UNIX commands at random and ask folks to take 5-10 minutes to discuss them. A list of the commands we’ll be picking from is available here.
And of course we’ll have some of the other great features you’ve come to enjoy at our meetings, including current events and Job/People seekers.
Hope to see you there!