From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 12 15:49:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06461 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:49:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zoe.iserve.net (zoe.iserve.net [207.250.219.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06432 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:49:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rch@iserve.net) Received: from blackacid_nt (acidic.iserve.net [207.250.219.40]) by zoe.iserve.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA11987 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:48:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:48:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19990112184909.00902590@iserve.net> X-Sender: rch@iserve.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Robert Hough Subject: Suggestions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, I work with a small but quickly growing ISP, and I realized that eventually, we are going to need to build seperate servers to various jobs. The problem I forsee is users though. If we build a new mail server, I would basically have to add all of our users to that box too, correct? Is there a way to have like a central password server, where no matter what box a user logs into, they will be able to access it, provided we allow them to do so? Is NIS the only way to do this, or are there other ways as well? If someone could point me to some url's on this topic, I would appreciate it. I dont see this as becoming a problem any time soon, but it is something I'd like to start getting ready for. Thanks. __ _______ |__| __|.-----.----.--.--.-----. .-------------------------------. | |__ || -__| _| | | -__| | Robert Hough (rch@iserve.net) | |__|_______||_____|__| \___/|_____| | 317-802-3036 / 317-876-0846 | _____________________________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message