Re: [CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 12/9/20 6:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: Okay, say I decide to go with LDAP and NFS.  I'll be needing some hand holding to get it set up. If you don't have a very good reason to do choose something else, then use FreeIPA for your LDAP/Kerberos service.  It's very streamlined.

Re: [CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-09 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 12/6/20 11:21 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: I found this: https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_8=nis=1 I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some supposed security issues. Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security issues extant

Re: [CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-06 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 12/6/20 8:17 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: The main problem with NIS is that logins and passwords circulate in clear-text over the network. That's not quite it.  Passwords aren't sent over the network at all when a service or system processes a password in a NIS environment.  Under NIS,

Re: [CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-06 Thread Pete Biggs
> > I found this: > > https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_8=nis=1 > > I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some > supposed security issues. > > Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security > issues extant in NIS? There's a

Re: [CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-06 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 06/12/2020 à 16:35, Mark LaPierre a écrit : > > I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some > supposed > security issues. > > Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security > issues > extant in NIS? > > My plan is to set up NIS and NFS

[CentOS] Setting up NIS on Centos 8

2020-12-06 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey Y'all, I found this: https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_8=nis=1 I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some supposed security issues. Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security issues extant in NIS? My plan is to