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Date:      Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:14:08 +0300
From:      Lobanov <yura@nikts.nk.ukrtel.net>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
Cc:        'Linh Pham' <lplist@closedsrc.org>, Dave Rideout <drideout@cssnow.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Dumb Question PDC
Message-ID:  <3B1D2F80.745DE07@nikts.nk.ukrtel.net>
References:  <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AFA3C@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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Drew Tomlinson wrote:

> Or if you just need a centralized account repository for FreeBSD, look at
> NIS.  There's a section in the Handbook regarding it.
>
> Drew

And what's your opinion about NIS from security viewpoint? As for me I'd
prefer smth. more reliable.

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linh Pham [mailto:lplist@closedsrc.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:14 AM
> > To: Dave Rideout
> > Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> > Subject: Re: Dumb Question PDC
> >
> >
> > On 2001-06-05, Dave Rideout scribbled:
> >
> > # We have multiple FreeBSD boxes.  I do not want to have to
> > configure user
> > # accounts on each machine.  Is there anyway to setup a
> > FreeBSD pdc, like is
> > # done in winblows?
> >
> > You may want to check Samba's website and documentation which can be
> > found at http://www.samba.org
> >
> > Samba 2.2.x includes and improves it's PDC capabilities, but there are
> > some additional limitations that may affect your network. I personally
> > haven't tried to setup Samba to be a PDC to our Windows 2000
> > clients yet
> > :)
> >
> > --
> > Linh Pham
> > [lplist@closedsrc.org]
> >
> > // 404b - Brain not found
> >
> >
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Best regards,
Yury Lobanov.



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