RE: [Samba] Any downsides to using MS Services for Unix NIS server?

2005-12-04 Thread Andrew Bartlett
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 23:57 -0800, SAMBA wrote: Other than NIS is extremely insecure, and anyone concerned with security would not use it. If you are using SFU, just use LDAP/Kerberos instead of NIS. You'll get the same results, but with more security. The main issues with NIS security

RE: [Samba] Any downsides to using MS Services for Unix NIS server?

2005-12-03 Thread SAMBA
Other than NIS is extremely insecure, and anyone concerned with security would not use it. If you are using SFU, just use LDAP/Kerberos instead of NIS. You'll get the same results, but with more security. You don't have to use IDMAP to have GID/UID based on SID. You can manually enter it