From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Dec 29 20:50:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55DABC9618A for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x22a.google.com (mail-qk0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AC7C1779 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id t184so281989064qkd.0 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:50:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=9Hz1iawqHRd4SROEoMk9m/bl8rCHVfc2t+lJnmpsRLM=; b=SkL/thURKuGmtlWs/2JXF24N5BnS61xHQLD0Kh+/uae3osqAKE/0xJR1HHT/I51nqi k3vWJpZI9LPlnDcynsuCDsJIEooqrwUh0bHhBUkeUItaf0XI83aDKAQt+dCHF+GXWcQE +sw3O1aT/Dcn6Zv9a2hedSU7txBnkwfFjbl1J9FIOm72Bds0LJagcgG2a/XCaeTnI/bO tUKAJLSRWbMFTmxBIe4RzGe3uNvHCWwLBQ+aqUl8y3QgLvQkstv2qqFtQwh5W1JBemmx H8fiCblTYFY806fxrz7io5d8pMKwO+9JYKQbR4bbcugvLdF11PWtHs91XLYEKi+VbJm7 BUtQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=9Hz1iawqHRd4SROEoMk9m/bl8rCHVfc2t+lJnmpsRLM=; b=PbH7gi4Q9cSWreyhxSZwJ4xj2Sq2Y7iriqzUEnKTpDXK1ddE7AVIG90hXttNVsCa1W Q2PI6HDh1btiiIR09GD0UncQwq5yba5lHHNjE4r8W6yMjDmkX0GQ//cPdD2EsGBXNd9X GNl67GCOp7/9f9BQF45pEIjLDDRsUgT4/0NRiUv864n2O2dc1hTLHxnTP/RFnLtJNtT0 ODieDqUj3/+ttwq7JkH2zg+u+tEMj4Dwb+vdv7/xWsDWWZ7ez4V/ARFp2QC/D+Lkvtgw 5g1C8fNZ7ZsHJxCta2bxr/FiEeao7xanM7KePKh6vhbvOKw1AlZiE/Pi/G8NLjNYJ7Aa 4DNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKCWiIjEauYXlz8dnO9SHrs+2KibOD8XJwAcLPwPuEboNoiB3tHe/ORK2ZGjpd8kKZ53rZGw2JK4jICKg== X-Received: by 10.55.66.73 with SMTP id p70mr47835504qka.63.1483044617297; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:50:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: asomers@gmail.com Received: by 10.12.181.208 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:50:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Alan Somers Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:50:16 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: A08LWpWhvYpiMGwwH-9O72W6Pn4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Even lighter weight directory protocol? To: George Mitchell Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:50:18 -0000 On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 1:44 PM, George Mitchell wrote: > I use NIS to propagate /etc/passwd and /etc/group, and really nothing > else. I have been thinking about shifting to LDAP, to avoid some of > the really embarrassing failure modes of NIS, except that I would like > to kill the sadist who named this a "lightweight" protocol. I've > thought about a simple cron/rsync job (and maybe that's what I'll do > in the end). But are there any other directory-ish systems out there > that are, let's say, bantamweight or flyweight? -- George Many years ago I used cfengine to sync /etc/password and similar files. But it's really not as good as a real directory protocol. For one thing, users can only change their passwords on the master server. NIS is better. I'm afraid I don't know of any alternatives that aren't NIS or LDAP. KRB5 is good, but it only handles authentication, so it generally has to be paired with either NIS or LDAP. -Alan