On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Hubert Chan wrote:
Paladin == Paladin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Paladin can the root account be centralized too?
I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea.
Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some reason. So
you
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]:
On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better
choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS NFS?
Funny... I think I've heard something about
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]:
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BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on
The general answer to this is that it's more secure to keep your
firewall machine as minimal as possible. The
* Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 02:49]:
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]:
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BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on
The general answer to this is that it's more secure
Paladin == Paladin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
Paladin can the root account be centralized too?
I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea.
Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some reason. So
you say to yourself, OK, I'll just log in as root,
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]:
Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary
MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network?
What you're looking for is NIS. Start out by reading the HOWTO:
http://www.google.com/search?q=nis+howtobtnI=I
Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary
MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network?
Another person already suggested NIS. A more modern, scalable, and
flexible alternative is an LDAP database. If your needs are very simple,
though NIS may be
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:47:47AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
| * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]:
| Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary
| MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network?
|
| What you're looking for is NIS. Start out
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 13:47, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]:
Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary
MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network?
What you're looking for is NIS. Start out by reading the
On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better
choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS NFS?
Funny... I think I've heard something about NFS being kind of
old... I may be wrong though! :/
Paladin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better
choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS NFS?
Funny... I think I've heard something about NFS being kind of
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