Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:54:25 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Subject: Re: Merging 2 servers? Message-ID: <199912140254.VAA39913@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912130858560.55838-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com>
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On 13-Dec-99 Jaime Kikpole wrote: >> Then again having them all on one machine helps because students >> and teachers could be put in class groups to allow them access >> to common areas. > > This was one of the reasons that I began to consider the merge. We > have two compies of a web-based password changing program, two copies of > TWIG (web email program), two copies of the email address lookup CGI that > I wrote, and so on. Yes, but they are the same program, so it's just a simple cp/ftp/rcp/scp operation. I'd say the redundancy is worth it. >> Perhaps keeping the split, but making sure that teachers have logins >> on the student machine would be the most flexible, you can probably >> use NIS to keep the passwords and account information sync'd >> for the teacher accounts. > > Is it possible to use NIS to sync only part of the password > database? Is it possible to use NIS to sync usernames, passwords, and > home directories (which would be shared via NFS) and then change the shell > depending on the server? Specifically, I'm thinking of using > /usr/bin/false for their shells on one server and then adding a > "programming server" which allowed them to use bash, zsh, tcsh, etc. so > that they can test out programs without being able to crack at the server > quite so easily. Yes. +@admins:::::: +:NoLogin::::: Those two entries from a server I admin allow all of the information for administrators, but changes the encrypted password of everyone else to 'NoLogin', effectively blocking logins. I couldn't change the shell because sendmail runs on this server and needs valid shells to be able to run procmail in .forward's. > Thanks for the pointers so far! > > Jaime Good luck. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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