Hello, * Jason B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-04-04 12:27]: > I have a question about all the different setups... why not just install > LDAP/NIS/NIS+ clients on the compute nodes? That way, their local copies > of /etc/passwd, and the rest are the same as the server (which seems to be > the desired case), but they still can use LDAP/NIS/NIS+ logins as intended.
Yep. In our case, subnet can't reach external world. It means that the master node has to be configured as secondary or slave authentification mechanism. This is not always possible and not always easy. Moreover, all the clients have to be modified which mean you have to script-fu it (one different script for each auhthentification mechanism plus combination !) or rpm it and this is a lot of additional work. With our solution, it is easy and simple : you just have to configure your master node like a regular client of your authentification system and ... that's it. All your cluster will be fully compatible with the authentification mechanism. Ben -- Benoit des Ligneris Etudiant au Doctorat -- Ph. D. Student Web : http://benoit.des.ligneris.net/ Mydynaweb Developpe(u)r: http://mydynaweb.net/ Centre de Calcul Scientifique http://ccs.USherbrooke.ca/ OSCAR Symposium-May 11-14 http://oscar2003.ccs.USherbrooke.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
