RE: [gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-31 Thread Ric Messier
Frank J. Mattia wrote: > > cheers, > Frank J. Mattia > > i think thats the first time ive ever used cheers in a salutation. and > if anyone knows of a better name for the closing part of a letter (other > than salutation) - please, for the love of rediwhip... tell me. i've > been racking my br

Re: [gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-30 Thread Kevin Reichhart
If this is for your home network, which is behind a firewall (if it's not behind a firewall, you have other things to worry about before CAS), is high security really a concern? I would recomend NIS or NIS+. NIS is much easier to setup but NIS+ supports password encryption. They're both indus

Re: [gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-30 Thread Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am wanting to setup some form of Centralized user authentication for my home > gentoo network and was wondering what ppl here recommend. > I have had a bit of a look at NIS, and OpenLDAP. NIS from what i have read seams > to be a bit insecure and outdated, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-30 Thread Frank J. Mattia
In a similar topic on slashdot i posed the same question. the general concensus is NIS but if there is an open alternative i would love to hear about it. my comment on slashdot (and all subsequent replys) are at http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=90828&cid=7827715http://slashdot.org/comments

[gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-30 Thread lucas
I am wanting to setup some form of Centralized user authentication for my home gentoo network and was wondering what ppl here recommend. I have had a bit of a look at NIS, and OpenLDAP. NIS from what i have read seams to be a bit insecure and outdated, and OpenLDAP seams to be over kill. Would