and not flexible. and still a lot of bugs. All: read the NIS-Howto.
for me this is awful solution that should be never ever used :( Old SUN technology. PAM is the solution for Linux (+ LDAP possible). I am authenticating smtp auth + pop3 + imap + ftp + http + dial-in (radius) via PAM (as a mediator) and then via LDAP database. and LDAP is very fast for lookups + a lot of features and backends (shell, dbm, SQL database) and it has a tree-ierarchical structure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Molloy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Account Management > On Thursday 05 September 2002 14:21, Teodor Georgiev wrote: > > Did you *ever* used NIS ? On Linux ? (tell us the truth, boy, the > > truth) > > > > Well I have. Over 400 clients and 1000+ users most of them students. I > have had very little problems with it. Not as secure as it should be I'll > agree. > > > Tony. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Skuse, Phil > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:26 PM > > Subject: RE: Account Management > > > > > > Read up on NIS (for centralised user accounts) and NFS (for > > centralised home directories). There are other options, LDAP etc., but > > whatever you do, keep it simple for the sake of your own sanity. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Calbazana, Al [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 05 September 2002 13:51 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Account Management > > > > > > Ok... We have a few Redhat boxes set up for development and > > testing... Life is good! I am wondering if there is an easier way to > > manage user accounts. Is there a way to centralize user management to > > have accounts/permissions propagate through the network rather that > > having network admins set up accounts explicitly each time a machine is > > created? Just looking for a better way J > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Alejandro > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > > the system manager. > > > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > www.mimesweeper.com > > > > ********************************************************************** > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tony Molloy. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Systems Manager. > Dept. of CSIS. Phone: +353-61-202778 (DL) > Univ. of Limerick. +353-61-333644 ext. 2778 > Ireland. Fax: +353-61-202734 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
