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
> "Paladin" == Paladin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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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
* 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
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.
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]:
> On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > 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
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
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!
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
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
> 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
* 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
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 =)
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