> I am interested to know if anyone is doing central userid management for Linu > x > images under VM. If so, I would like to know how you set it up, what software > you used for this purpose, and what changes had to be made to the base Linux > image (prior to cloning). I have heard that a package called NIS, installed o > n > an NFS server, is used for this but don't know anything about it. I would no > t > want to manage the userid/passwords for Linux on each image separately and am > looking for a way to centralize the managment. > Please respond to me directly.... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. >
I use NIS as implemented in the yp* packages for this. However, it does not use NFS. (It does use portmap, as NFS does and I suppose this could give rise to confusion sometimes). The yp* packages have been standard parts of Red Hat Linux for some years. You need to set the NIS domain name and edit /etc/yp.conf. I don't know how this fits in with VM; I'm doing it entirely on IA32. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
