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

[Rob Kearey]

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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?

This sounds like a job of LDAP and kerberos, possibly over SSH.

> Raymond

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Rob K

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