Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:41:17 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Dan <dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized DB of "system" users Message-ID: <8ABA87EB-3212-47BD-9728-672553B56A9D@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <20081212181950.GB17546@ourbrains.org> References: <139b44430812112348k5c51072ie771913c982f7cfe@mail.gmail.com> <49422A05.6050907@gmail.com> <ghtdp3$g0r$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212120557.V3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com> <20081212141156.E4001@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181950.GB17546@ourbrains.org>
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On Dec 12, 2008, at 10:19, Dan wrote: > Wojciech Puchar(wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)@2008.12.12 14:12:45 > +0100: >>>>> 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. >> >> so not "right" but interoperable. if i do have only unix systems in >> LAN, >> NIS is much better easier and faster. > > No, it really is right if you want to authenticate email, radius, etc > off of LDAP. NIS doesn't do that. Really! I guess I didn't know that before I used it for all those. > > >> >> for windows-only LAN with unix server, simply using samba is OK.
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