From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 12:53:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1088106567E for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:53:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) Received: from mxin.vub.ac.be (mxin.vub.ac.be [134.184.129.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FAD48FC20 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlUBAJ/nQUmkD30E/2dsb2JhbAAIzk+Cew Received: from bebif01.ulb.ac.be (HELO [10.0.0.194]) ([164.15.125.4]) by smtp.vub.ac.be with ESMTP; 12 Dec 2008 13:53:35 +0100 From: Julien Cigar To: Ivan Voras In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com> References: <139b44430812112348k5c51072ie771913c982f7cfe@mail.gmail.com> <49422A05.6050907@gmail.com> <20081212120557.V3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:54:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1229086444.2753.23.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized DB of "system" users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:53:36 -0000 On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:26 +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > 2008/12/12 Wojciech Puchar : > >> I agree - NIS is easiest to setup, but LDAP is the right solution in > >> this case (though it's very complicated to set up, especially the first > > > > why it is "right" solution? > > Interoperability. Today, with Linux, tomorrow, Windows or Mac OS X. > Besides, it scales well and has a large number of supporting > utilities. Off-topic, but do you know any good tool other than gq/phpldapadmin to manage/browse/... an LDAP server ? At the moment I've my own set of LDIF files that I use with ldap[add|delete|modify], but it's not very "flexible" .. A ncurses tool would be perfect. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52