Migrating to yet another interface to talk to your LDAP server sounds like a complete waste of time, and in some respects that is true. However, sssd will enable you to do so much more than nslcd/PADL could do for you without having that feeling that you just dirtied up your system with a terrible hack.
Systemd definitely has its benefits with starting processes in parallel and handling complex dependencies, but NetworkManager seems to thwart that process a bit. NetworkManager does exactly what it says: it manages the network connection, setting the ip, bringing up the interface, starting dhclient, or any number of other things. It still has the stigma of
Puppet is a great tool for configuration management. Â Chef, slightly younger than Puppet, has matured to be a very good option when choosing a configuration management tool. Â In this particular case, the focus is on Puppet. The Puppet community frowns heavily on using puppet as the tool for global package management. Â At least, that’s the