From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 12 13:39:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03498 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:39:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03491 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:38:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id WAA25438 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 22:35:45 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA01661; 12 Mar 98 22:36:45 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 12 Mar 98 21:10:47 +0100 Subject: yp/nis/kerberos basic questions Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Before I go into the nitty-gritty of actually trying it myself, is there some sort of tutorial which explains the purpose? yp = nis, right? Kerberos is the same, but different...? You have one server, which keeps the password for each user for all servers on the network, right? But users still have to be added to each server manually in order to log in, because home directory and eg. .profile doesn't get added automatically? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message