Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:00:45 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: J Peltier <james@aspert.com> Cc: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, steinyv <steinyv@skyweb.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <20000630200045.A1948@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <005a01bfe2ee$0fe457e0$672a35d1@aspert.com>; from james@aspert.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:51:07PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006301618290.84094-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> <005a01bfe2ee$0fe457e0$672a35d1@aspert.com>
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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" <hacker@bolingbroke.com> > To: "steinyv" <steinyv@skyweb.net> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > 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
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