From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 26 12:57:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F55716A41F for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:57:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrb@bmyster.com) Received: from bmyster.com (ns1.bmyster.com [65.175.135.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2C6843D5F for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:57:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrb@bmyster.com) Received: from www.bmyster.com (localhost.bmyster.com [127.0.0.1]) by bmyster.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jBQCvCg0065062 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:57:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Brent" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:57:07 -0500 Message-Id: <20051226125401.M45114@bmyster.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 24.75.245.190 (mrb) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: NIS versus LDAP authentication X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:57:16 -0000 We are getting ready to migrate from a single super server solution to a group of Freebsd servers doing seperate tasks...I was wondering whats everyones opinions on NIS versus LDAP for authentication ...and if anyone can point me at any good howto's for both NIS or LDAP in a multi server environment on Freebsd? thank you for your help & Merry Christmas -- Brent Bailey CCNA Bmyster LLC --RIP Brother Dime--