From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 30 17: 1:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net (eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D73037C39F for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:01:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eogren@earthlink.net) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip161.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.161]) by eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA20195; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e6100jt01970; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:00:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:00:45 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: J Peltier Cc: Ken Bolingbroke , steinyv , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <20000630200045.A1948@earthlink.net> References: <005a01bfe2ee$0fe457e0$672a35d1@aspert.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <005a01bfe2ee$0fe457e0$672a35d1@aspert.com>; from james@aspert.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:51:07PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, I think it's at least semi platform-independent. I know that NIS works across Unix platforms (for example, at work we sync accounts across AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris). I don't, however, know if there's a way to make Windows auth against an NIS server. I know there certainly isn't support in a Win98 or WinNT base install to do so; there may be a 3rd party product or maybe a Microsoft addon that lets Windows auth against an NIS database. Eric On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:51:07PM -0700, J Peltier wrote: > Stupid question I guess. Than NIS is platform independant IE Windows users > can be authenticated via an NIS server?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Bolingbroke" > To: "steinyv" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: NIS > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, steinyv wrote: > > > > > Hi all. Im a newbie and Im just getting to understand what NFS is all > > > about. I read up on NIS and I have a vague idea of what it does. Could > > > someone give like some real world examples of where NIS is used so that > I > > > can get a clearer picture in my head, so that I could figure out if I > could > > > use this function or not. > > > > Example of where I'm using it. I maintain a lab filled with a variety of > > platforms, and I maintain access for several teams of employees who need > > to access and bang on these machines. I frequently reinstall platforms > > when they get beat up too much, or after someone's changed things around > > too much. > > > > NIS allows me to maintain a single central server with all of that user > > login information. Then I need only configure each lab machine to use NIS > > from the server, and all the users immediately have their login propogated > > to every machine in the lab. They change their password in once place. I > > add/delete users in one place, etc. And I don't have to deal with each > > platform's individual quirks in adding and maintaining users so much... > > > > Ken Bolingbroke > > hacker@bolingbroke.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message