On Wed, Mar 03, 1999 at 07:19:06PM +0000, Peter Gradwell wrote:
> At 2:13 pm -0500 3/3/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I don't know much about proxies; is there some nifty way for a user to
> > connect to a large mail-server, have the server tell the user's machine
> > "your mail is actually on server03", and then redirect the POP/SMTP
> > requests to the correct PC without having all of the resulting traffic
> > pass through one machine? This would allow you to load-balance by
> > moving mail accounts around without inconveniencing the user.
>
> surely, if your user accounts are dealt with by NIS, and their home directories
>mounted via NFS,
> then it doesn't matter which of the cluster they connect to?
>
> Or is there a 32K+ limit on NIS user ids as well?
ofcourse there is. NIS is just a way to manage your /etc/passwd centrally (no, don't
start flaming now :)
Greetz, Peter.
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.| Peter van Dijk | <mo|VERWEG> stoned worden of coden
.| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | <mo|VERWEG> dat is de levensvraag
| <mo|VERWEG> coden of stoned worden
| <mo|VERWEG> stonend worden En coden
| <mo|VERWEG> hmm
| <mo|VERWEG> dan maar stoned worden en slashdot lezen:)
