'anybody can log in from anywhere' with nis/ldap is just plain FUD. NIS and LDAP are designed to do this, they do it (reasonably) well.
scping over password and shadow is an ugly hack and will bite you if you create users on a regular basis. Maintenance is a pain. You also have a single 'master copy' which is a Bad Thing if you want any sort of resilience. On 20/09/05, Patrick Rittich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alvin Oga wrote: > > > anybody can login from anywhere after you set up nis or ldap > > ( both are bad idea ) > > or rsync /etc/passwd /etc/shadow to each machine ( my preference ) > > > > I like this idea of using rsync to copy over /etc/passwd, but I have to > ask, what problems does nis have (since that's what we have set up on > our network)? > > -- > Patrick Rittich > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dowco Computer Systems Ltd. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
