Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:11:50 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: options for centralized 'passwd' database for a diskless lab ? Message-ID: <20060214091150.A70808@xorpc.icir.org>
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as per the subjects, what options do i have to set a centralized 'passwd' database for a lab with FreeBSD diskless machines ? In the past (4.x times) i used YP/NIS which did the job but was highly insecure (all traffic unencrypted) and also a bit of a pain to configure. It was convenient though because it let users change their password and other info just using the passwd command. I have been browsing around a bit, and i see that pam_* (tried pam_radius) can do for the authentication part but not for the other info; nss_* seems to be a better suit but the only thing i see is nss_ldap and i am not familiar with the latter. So any suggestions or pointers to pages describing what to do ? cheers luigi
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