In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Hartman writes:
> You are aware of course that Kerberos and NIS do fairly different
> things. Kerberos is not a directory; it only stores authentication
> information, not account preferences, etc.
>
> I generally find myself deploying Kerberos and LDAP in conjunction to
> replace NIS.
Over the years I've used NIS and NIS+ in conjunction with Kerberos by
putting a "*" in the password field. If people are not ready to deploy
LDAP yet, this can be an interim step to getting there.
--
Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Systems Group, CITS
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC
FreeBSD UNIX: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
________________________________________________
Kerberos mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/kerberos
