[Bush2000]

Perhaps that's why MS certifications aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

I'm sure you're winning converts to your cause with that kind of arrogance. As if ...

If you want a Cisco cert, you'd better know your protocols. If you want a RedHat cert, you'd better know that system by heart.

The AD protocol is proprietary for a reason: It keeps Sun from emulating an AD domain controller. Any admin can see and trace them in a protocol sniffer. But admins don't have the information necessary to take them apart. And that's the point: Many hardware and software issues have a degree of debugging required which renders them beyond the capacity of an admin. Debugging code is one of thoese issues. I wouldn't expect an admin to do that.

[TechJunkYard]

I'm sure you're winning converts to your cause with that kind of arrogance.

I couldn't care less about "winning converts" to any "cause". We're not talking religion here.

The AD protocol is proprietary for a reason: It keeps Sun from emulating an AD domain controller.

It keeps everybody from doing that... for a while at least. But I have faith in the Samba team. ;-)

Many hardware and software issues have a degree of debugging required which renders them beyond the capacity of an admin. Debugging code is one of thoese issues. I wouldn't expect an admin to do that.

Okay, OKAY, we GOT your point on this about forty posts ago. It's getting old now; time to move on.