Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:30:22 +0000 From: Michael Howard <sniffer@dewberryfields.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized user/group/whatever management Message-ID: <762e3d05-b3c2-a449-3827-ad4c860f52e4@dewberryfields.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <84ee1925-e5f2-2048-7a65-1ac3b41d7d4e@dewberryfields.co.uk> References: <20200313091923.GA98495@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200313143130.GA68871@geeks.org> <96ed1afa-e0e1-51a2-997b-e95097a1d0b4@gmx.net> <20200314060747.GH27346@admin.sibptus.ru> <fc467be1-6a08-9492-7b07-1ee05dc068ed@dewberryfields.co.uk> <20200315061714.GC64075@admin.sibptus.ru> <84ee1925-e5f2-2048-7a65-1ac3b41d7d4e@dewberryfields.co.uk>
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On 15/03/2020 08:30, Michael Howard via freebsd-questions wrote: > On 15/03/2020 06:17, Victor Sudakov wrote: >> Michael Howard via freebsd-questions wrote: >>>>>>> Do you think there exists a modern solution for centralized >>>>>>> user/group/... >>>>>>> management compatible with FreeBSD and Linux? >>>>>> What do you mean by "Samba" in this context? A centralized >>>>>> user/group >> management server? A centralized user/group management client? >> > Both of course. One without the other is not much use in your context. > > You still leave yourself at the mercy of one of your original issues > with NIS and that is you need the server available over the network. I > doubt you'll find any system _without_ drawbacks but Samba is good and > free. It can be managed through a MS gui, albeit from a MS Windows > based PC and has a very large user base. Sorry, didn't make that clear. The AD aspect can be managed .........
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