Le mercredi 18 juin 2008 à 19:58 +0200, Buchan Milne a écrit :
> On Saturday 14 June 2008 12:36:24 Fabrice Facorat wrote:
> > 2008/6/10 Luis Menina <liberforce@(protected)>:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Per Frederic Crozat request (who was afraid those remarks would otherwise
> > > come too late for 2009.0), I give you the link to a the draft of a
> > > document I've started. The object of this document is to give some hints
> > > of improvement in the ergonomy of the drakxtools.
> > > http://www.freeside.fr/guides/drakxtools/drakxtools.en.html
> > >
> > > It's still on the very beginning, but I'll try to add more stuff on a
> > > regular basis. I was informed a week ago that there's a french initiative
> > > about the same topic, of which I'm not a member ATM:
> > > http://www.mandrivafr.org/trac/ergonomie/
> > >
> > > Note that I'm trying to have a list of usability improvements, but
> > > without adding new features at the same time. That's because the
> > > drakxtools need consistency first and I know there's not enough manpower
> > > to add new features and do basic UI redesign all at once.
> > >
> > > Once this document will have reached the critical mass, my plan is to
> > > shift it to the official wiki, to make contributions easier.
> >
> > quick remarks :
> >
> > + drakauth :
> > IMHO the big text entry should be kept, and this kind of text entry is
> > missing in fact in most Mandriva tools, because theses entries allow
> > to explain what to do, instead of clicking on the help button which
> > may need to install the drakxtools doc packages
> > Indeed, the radio buttons should be replaced by combo box
>
> I think the first issue here is that drakauth (AFAIK not touched in last ~3
> years) needs to be re-worked functionally, then the UI changes can come.
>
> There are some enhancement bugs filed on drakauth for the following (IIRC):
> -Unix Kerberos+LDAP setup (like SFU without nss_ldap attribute mapping)
> -Offline support (nss_updatedb+nss_db/pam_ccreds for Kerberos/LDAP/NIS,
> winbind caching for Winbind)
> -Biometrics support
>
> In theory it is possible to combine these options, mean neither a drop-down
> box nor a radio button set are viable .... and there may be more aspects to
> consider.
>
> If tooltips are possible on the existing radio buttons, the text in the
> current text box should be moved there. Else, the desired functionality
> should be spec'ed before UI changes are proposed.
>
> (Also, drakauth should be able to some detection ... but that could be a bit
> trick ... and there are still some kerberos-related issues to fix in the
> winbind option).

New stuff has been added in drakauth recently by Vincent Guardiola but
I'm not sure it has been pushed on cooker yet :
- Add Kerberos Support
- Add deconnected mode for Ldap, Kerberos, Windows auth
- Add more option in Ldap configuration: Fetch DN, TLS
- Remove Active Directory SFU
- Change Winbind authentification to enable domain model choice (NT4 or
AD)

It should be available in Alpha1 next week.
--
Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@(protected)>
Mandriva