Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:54:04 +0100 From: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized DB of "system" users Message-ID: <1229086444.2753.23.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com> References: <139b44430812112348k5c51072ie771913c982f7cfe@mail.gmail.com> <49422A05.6050907@gmail.com> <ghtdp3$g0r$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212120557.V3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:26 +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > 2008/12/12 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>: > >> I agree - NIS is easiest to setup, but LDAP is the right solution in > >> this case (though it's very complicated to set up, especially the first > > > > why it is "right" solution? > > Interoperability. Today, with Linux, tomorrow, Windows or Mac OS X. > Besides, it scales well and has a large number of supporting > utilities. Off-topic, but do you know any good tool other than gq/phpldapadmin to manage/browse/... an LDAP server ? At the moment I've my own set of LDIF files that I use with ldap[add|delete|modify], but it's not very "flexible" .. A ncurses tool would be perfect. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52
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