Dave Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> apparently wrote
in [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:01:43):
>Hello all,
>
>I wonder if anyone can help me migrate from afs to nis..... what I need is a
>way to backout the data and files so that the process to transparent to our
>users.
>
>Any help gratefully recieved.
>
>dave
Dave,
Excuse me but... since when was NIS a file system? I guess you mean NFS?
If you really intend to do this, then you better hope none of your users
is capable of:
a) running "ypcat passwd" to display encrypted passwords
b) using the public domain "crack" program to guess passwords
from word dictionaries.
Ok, you want a serious answer... you don't tell us what AFS dependencies
you have. First, make a plan of action and get it reviewed as widely
as possible. Make sure your networks have enough bandwidth to cope
with the extra network traffic from NFS. Gently, break the news to
your users that they will no longer have on on-line backup of their
$HOME and that they can forget about security through ACLs.
Hmm...does this sound biased?
'nuff said.
--
paul http://acm.org/~mpb
"We have to learn to manage information and its flow.
If we don't, it will all end up in turbulence." --Grace Hopper
