Re: [SAGE] Sun IdM?

[Darrell Fuhriman <darrell@grumblesmurf.net>]

Amos <amos+lists.sage@utdallas.edu> writes:

> I don't know if a generic EDU IdM list would be of benefit.

It might not be a bad idea.  I know there are other schools doing
it, and I think there should be more co-ordination than there
is. Especially for writing a Banner adapter.

> Well, in terms of the packaged IdM tool from Sun, things like: how
> flexible is it when it comes to customizing local business logic for

It's actually quite flexible there.  It has a workflow/business
process tool that seems decent, although I come into the project
more from the sysadmin side than the developer side.

> a departmental filesystem that might exist. I have concerns that this
> sort of resource provisioning might be difficult if not impossible in
> a "canned" solution like that from Sun.

Yes you can do that.

The solution is not "canned" -- it's not Office.  Just like
Banner, or SAP, or Peoplesoft, etc, you can't do a whole lot out
of the box, you need to assign developers to it to make it fit
your environment.

> That's why I'm not terribly interested in doing it over even if it is
> less than perfect. However, there are other risks with in-house
> developed stuff.

I don't really see it as an option.  The future *has* to be
better integrated, and IdM is the only way to do that right now.

Apropos SAGE: The Unix world is *lousy* at enterprise wide
integration -- unless we (or our vendors) can pull our heads out,
we're going to get eaten alive.

Darrell