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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:21:37 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        Samuel Chow <cyschow@shaw.ca>
Cc:        "Douglas K. Rand" <rand@meridian-enviro.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Centralized authentication
Message-ID:  <20020407232137.A86378@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020406170014.5f47c85f.cyschow@shaw.ca>; from cyschow@shaw.ca on Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:00:14PM -0700
References:  <874riov1et.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com> <20020406170014.5f47c85f.cyschow@shaw.ca>

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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:00:14PM -0700 I heard the voice of
Samuel Chow, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> 	How about NIS?  I use it at home with a total
> 	of two machines and one users.

NIS is a giant pain in the rump.

I struggled with it for a while, and finally threw up my hands and just
use rdist (over ssh) to distribute passwd and group files, and called it
done.  Haven't had a moment's trouble since.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)     |    fullermd@over-yonder.net
Unix Systems Administrator      |    fullermd@futuresouth.com
Specializing in FreeBSD         |    http://www.over-yonder.net/

"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"

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