Nathan Rawling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> By adding LDAP, or another directory service in front of this system (ex,
> X.500 similar to Umich) you can easily migrate users between servers as
> well. It could be implemented using flat files and DNS only, but it would
> probably be a real hassle to maintain.
MIT uses Hesiod, which is based on DNS. The management is
via a database that writes out the DNS file. This way users
can be migrated -- the mail apps look up the POServer in Hesiod
to find out which Mail Server to contact.
-derek
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
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