Todd Swain wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
> "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
> > 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
Hmm, based on this and further exploits of discovery then it seems that the
"proper" method I would use is to setup NFS to allow file sharing and common
directory paths (/home) and then run NIS on top of this to keep administration
central. Is this correct??
--
Joseph S Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
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The box said,
"Requires Windows 3.x or better",
so I got Linux.
Registered Linux user #1696600
