On Wednesday 16 Jul 2003 11:54, Kyle Gordon wrote: > hey all > > In a futile attempt to learn something worthwhile, I've decided to have a > shot at an alternative authentication system. > > Now, I know there's NIS and LDAP, but which one is best and in what > scenarios should they be used? Which is more complex to set up? And which > will scale well and stay secure? I'm about to get into LDAP, cos I think its time I got my head round it. Talking to Kenny (sealNe) last night he mentioned having problems getting PAM to talk to LDAP. If I read the changenotes for the 2.6 kernel correctly, some of the more glaring problems with NIS and NFS have been addressed.
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