Joseph,
NFS and NIS are completely different. NFS is a type of file sharing and
NIS is a form of network based user management. They can be used in
conjunction with each other, or seperatley.
--T.
Todd Swain
Network Admin
Gibson Homans Company
Twinsburg, Ohio
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
> My apologies if this gets posted several times, I've tried twice in the
> last two days and nothing has posted
>
> OK, the time has come to sit down and consolidate all my
> machines. I
> want to centralize my administration and user setup's, etc..
> is the
> "proper" method NSF or NIS or both/other??
>
> BTW what IS the difference anyway??
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Joseph S Gardner
>
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The box said,
> "Requires Windows 3.x or better",
> so I got Linux.
>
> Registered Linux user #1696600
