Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 13:47, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Paladin (paladin@paladin.dhis.org) [020624 11:38]:
> > Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary
> > MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network?
>
> What you're looking for is NIS. Start out by reading the HOWTO:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=nis+howto&btnI=I
I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better
choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS & NFS?
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