On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > [snip] > > > >NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for > >Windows networks. NFS has no passwords, just install it with apt-get, > >and declare /etc/exports in the server, and mount the shares in the > >clients /etc/fstab. That's all it takes. > > > > Fine for home environments, but shouldn't an office environment use > LDAP for coordinated UID/GID sharing?
The UID namespace is an orthogonal issue.. you can use LDAP or you can use simple file-transfer mechanisms to keep your passwd and group files synchronized. It's not a security issue unless you have users with different UIDs on different systems and you don't realize this when setting permissions. Although yes, most offices (big more than small) use LDAP or similar. -- Liam
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