Centralized DB of "system" users

[Valentin Bud]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Wojciech Puchar <
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
> so not "right" but interoperable. if i do have only unix systems in LAN,
> NIS is much better easier and faster.


If you only have UNIX systems in LAN. But in my case i have Linux + FreeBSD
(server). From the handbook
NIS only works between FBSDs. Am i missing something?

thank you,
v


>
>
> for windows-only LAN with unix server, simply using samba is OK.
>
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