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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:34:08 +0100
From:      Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Any way to have multiple machines share a single passwd file?
Message-ID:  <E15WE6q-0003ur-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <ABENJKDFOLCKBPLGACFDEEBHDBAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com>

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> The most common way to share user information between multiple computers is
> to use the Network Information Services (NIS), better known as Yellow Pages

Side note: I am sure that I have seen in the manual pages a reference to
netinfo at a few points. Was there ever netinfo implementation for
FreeBSD ? I've always found it much easier to use than NIS and it
would integrate much better with the rest of my network.

-pcf.


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