On 2005-06-20 14:11:56 +0200, GOMBAS Gabor wrote: > The rules are: > > 1. If you want to support a certain operating system/distribution then > don't put any groups/users in NIS that conflict with the default > setup of that operating system/distribution.
This means that Debian (in particular) won't necessarily integrate nicely in a foreign network. There are at least 2 valid reasons that it may be difficult to follow this rule: * The sysadmins cannot support every OS and cannot know every possible conflict. * The NIS database may contain old groups (but still valid), and their names may have been given even before a package/software using these names existed. Well, this is not future-proof. > 2. If you did not follow rule #1 then don't complain when something > breaks. > > These rules are not "standard" but just plain common sense. This is a bit naive to think that everything will work OK with rules that are not clearly defined standards (OS-independent). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]