On 13 May 1999, Rob Browning wrote:
> "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > But if you're not ready for potato then NIS will provide a > > ready-made solution. It's pretty straightforward. I'd be glad to > > offer assistance. As for a comparison, well, they're different. NIS > > has been around a long time, LDAP is newer. > > Thanks to both of you for the help. We're running all unstable here > so getting the ldap packages isn't a problem, but I wasn't completely > sure what the tradeoffs are. I'll go look at the web sites Ben > mentioned. > > Actually I had already seen the ldap pacakges, but I wasn't quite sure > where to start. I was hoping for a HOWTO or something, but I can > always just jump in and figure it out as I poke around. > When you install libnss-ldap, there is a short howto in /usr/doc/libnss-ldap I also suggest downloading conversion tools from www.padl.com, which will help populate the LDAP database Sergey.
