Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:59:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Cc: Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Longer usernames? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960622115121.6718A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960622205215.21923B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Michael Hancock wrote: > 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? > > -mh NIS can do a lot more than using rdist to mirror /etc/master.passwd. NIS can selectively override user attributes on a system by system, and a user by user basis for one. You can also keep exported users separate from system users (ex. I never put a root account in /var/yp/master.passwd). Plus it allows for easy handling of password changes etc. by users. Tom
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