Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 12:45:38 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Cc: Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Longer usernames? Message-ID: <199606221945.MAA10753@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 22 Jun 96 20:59:05 %2B0900. <Pine.SV4.3.93.960622205215.21923B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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>> > > > > What do they do about NIS? Truncate the usernames? Bad bad
>> > > > > bad.
>> > > > BSDI 2.1 doesn't have NIS.
>> Especially for a company that markets its product as an "Internet
>> Server". If you are going to base the major selling point of your
>> product on its networking functionality, NIS seems to me to be almost
>> a requirement.
>If you're a Sun shop.
>I rather use rdist than NIS. There is a need for something better than
>either solution though. LDAP/RFC1777?
Hesiod. Kerberos.
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