Re: Setting up a linux network

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* Kurc, Marcin A. (makurc@cooperstandard.com) spake thusly:
> read about NFS, http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html 
> or samba (if you also want to share files accross windows and linux)
>  http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html (or visit samba.org)
> 
> NIS is very commonly used for server based authentication
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/index.html
> but I would suggest that you look into LDAP, this way
> you can use it not only for Linux/Unix boxes but also your Windows
> network. Besides, you can use LDAP for many different applications.
> LDAP howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO.html

Note that NIS security is an oxymoron, you may not want to use NIS
at a college lab.

Dima
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