-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott Peshak wrote: > On 8/4/06, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just wondering if it's possible for NIS and Kerberos 5 to work in >> tandem with one another, such that NIS would handle groups and >> configuration file management and Kerberos would handle authentication >> only. Also, is this sort of overkill perhaps, where NIS is not really >> needed? >> I basically have 3+ machines (2 desktops, 1 laptop, currently), and >> I want to keep my credentials and information uniform across the >> machines as much as possible. The network I would be implementing this >> on is a low-traffic, private network. > > On my low-traffic, private network I use a combination of krb5 and > hesiod. If you're already running a dns server I would suggest at > least a look at hesiod, you wouldn't need to add any new services. > > Scott
Hmmmm... the only problem with this is that it doesn't look like it's easily enabled out of the box for OSX authentication (assuming that I actually did filesharing via hesoid). - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE29Pi6CkrZkzMC68RAn2HAJ4+4mvliNBjKNPnA8sxxUL0VjlwdACfbsnl Rw/mNOVYi+ZTW5zraIR4cCg= =/G3v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"