[H-GEN] Central Account Management / NIS/ YP/ ....

[David Jericho]

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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:00:21PM +1000, Raymond Smith wrote:
> We need some sort of centralised administration of users and groups and so
> forth so things like NFS work well. Now the only way I know to do this is
> withNIS (or YP) but are there alternatives? Are there very nasty problems
> I should no about it? Could anyone recommended essential reading before I
> undertake this project?

Given that this machine will be on the net, I'd most definately say don't use
NIS. 

At least look at NIS+ if you want a unix solution. LDAP is another alternative, 
but I'm not sure as to if HP-UX supports it.

-- 
David Jericho, Systems Administrator
WebMatchIT Interactive Marketing

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