Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:48:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: yp/nis/kerberos basic questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312144758.17791V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <a28_9803122236@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On 12 Mar 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > Before I go into the nitty-gritty of actually trying it myself, is there some > sort of tutorial which explains the purpose? > > yp = nis, right? Yes. > Kerberos is the same, but different...? No. Kerberos is an authentication system; nis simply throws files around. > You have one server, which keeps the password for each user for all > servers on the network, right? More or less. > But users still have to be added to each server manually in order to log in, > because home directory and eg. .profile doesn't get added automatically? In these types of setups, people use NFS mounted homes. Our CS department does this (but it's very strongly Sun). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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