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Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:26:24 +0100
From:      "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Centralized DB of "system" users
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730812120426t3c4b8a28q337c8379cd947702@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081212120557.V3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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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.



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