Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-26 Thread Andrew Pritchard
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Paladin" == Paladin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Paladin> can the root account be centralized too? > > I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea. > Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some re

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-25 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Paladin" == Paladin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Paladin> can the root account be centralized too? I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea. Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some reason. So you say to yourself, "OK, I'll just log in a

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 02:49]: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: > .. > > > BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on > > > > The general answer to this is that it's mo

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-25 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: ... > > BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on > > The general answer to this is that it's more secure to keep your > firewall machine as minimal as possible.

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: > On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better > > choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS & NFS? > > Funny... I think I've heard someth

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread David Z Maze
Paladin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better >> choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS & NFS? > > Funny... I think I've heard something about NFS

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread Paladin
On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better > choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS & NFS? Funny... I think I've heard something about NFS being kind of "old"... I may be wrong though!

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 13:47, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]: > > Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary > > MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network? > > What you're looking for is

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:47:47AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: | * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]: | > Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary | > MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network? | | What you're looking for is

[Fwd: Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?]

2002-06-24 Thread David Wright
> Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary > MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network? Another person already suggested NIS. A more modern, scalable, and flexible alternative is an LDAP database. If your needs are very simple, though N

Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 11:38]: > Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary > MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network? What you're looking for is NIS. Start out by reading the HOWTO: http://www.google.com/search?q=nis+h

Centralized /etc/passwd ?

2002-06-24 Thread Paladin
Is it possible to have a centralized /etc/passwd (plus all necessary MD5 password files) as well as the home directories in a network? Thanks =) -- Paladin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]