dannyhp@pop.web.net wrote: > > I understand that NIS is fairly insecure. What is a good alternative for > synchronizing system files? I don't think there is a debian package for NIS+ AFAIK linux supports at least nis-clients in traditional yp style _and_ nis+, for more info about look at nis-howto. i'm not shure if there is/will be a nis+ server port also. gerhard