Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2022-02-16 Thread Ben Cotton
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 4:47 PM Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > > Recalling that such commitments were made as a part of the FESCO > approval of this change (and its sibling - the dropping of YP servers), > is this done yet? Not as far as I know, but this Change was deferred to F37 today. -- Ben

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2022-02-16 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
Hi - > There really ought to be tested migration scripts or at least instructions > supplied. [...] > Could the Change proponents commit to producing transition instructions > for servers & clients? Recalling that such commitments were made as a part of the FESCO approval of this change (and

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:00 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > Company internal only is a rarity these days with cloud deployments > and people putting Alexa's and similar devices on the company > internet. That 'smart fridge' in the company workroom or 'smart tv' in > the executive lounge is

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-29 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 at 01:53, Ian Kent wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-10-28 at 10:41 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-10-28 at 10:28 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > > Stephen John Smoogen writes: > > > > > > > Mainly because it is the authentication service equivalent of > > > > telnet**.

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-28 Thread Ian Kent
On Thu, 2021-10-28 at 10:41 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Thu, 2021-10-28 at 10:28 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > Stephen John Smoogen writes: > > > > > Mainly because it is the authentication service equivalent of > > > telnet**. Very simple to set up, very simple to use, and very > > >

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-28 Thread Simo Sorce
On Thu, 2021-10-28 at 10:28 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > Stephen John Smoogen writes: > > > Mainly because it is the authentication service equivalent of > > telnet**. Very simple to set up, very simple to use, and very easy to > > steal all the information about logins, users, and setups.

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-28 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
Stephen John Smoogen writes: > Mainly because it is the authentication service equivalent of > telnet**. Very simple to set up, very simple to use, and very easy to > steal all the information about logins, users, and setups. [...] ... well, compared to what? LDAP commonly distributes

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-28 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 at 23:47, Ian Kent wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 13:40 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 04:37:18PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > > > == User Experience == > > > For some users this change may be a bit disruptive and it may > > > require > > > some

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-27 Thread Ian Kent
On Wed, 2021-10-27 at 13:40 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 04:37:18PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > > == User Experience == > > For some users this change may be a bit disruptive and it may > > require > > some learning curve for switching to alternative solutions. > > I've

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-27 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 04:37:18PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > == User Experience == > For some users this change may be a bit disruptive and it may require > some learning curve for switching to alternative solutions. I've spoken with some of my sysadmin friends and universities, and they suggest

Re: F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-21 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
Hi - > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > Users that were relying on support for NIS(+) will need to move to > secure alternatives like LDAP and/or FreeIPA. > [...] > == User Experience == > For some users this change may be a bit disruptive and it may require > some learning curve for

F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-21 Thread Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/drop_NIS_support_from_PAM == Summary == This change is about dropping user-authentication using NIS(+) from PAM. == Owner == * Name: [[User:besser82 | Björn Esser]] * Email: besse...@fedoraproject.org * Name: [[User:ipedrosa | Iker Pedrosa]] * Email:

F36 Change: Drop NIS(+) support from PAM (System-Wide Change proposal)

2021-10-21 Thread Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/drop_NIS_support_from_PAM == Summary == This change is about dropping user-authentication using NIS(+) from PAM. == Owner == * Name: [[User:besser82 | Björn Esser]] * Email: besse...@fedoraproject.org * Name: [[User:ipedrosa | Iker Pedrosa]] * Email: