Best Network setup for linux/unix

[Brent Clements]

Hello All,     I need some suggestions on setting up a unix server farm that all gets authenticated from a single server. What is the best way of doing this?   I know I could use NIS but is that really the best way to do it? The problem we are having is that we are using two cobalts, one intel web server, and finally one intel mail server. I want a centralized authentication system that allows different machines to run their own services yet authenticate to one central authentication database..Any ideas? Also is this the correct place to post this question? I don't want to start a flame war.   Thanks, Brent Clements Im Online, Inc.