On Monday 02 August 2004 04:24 pm, Paul William wrote: > Hi, > > I am in charge of a small office network. The server is running Debian > stable with some testing packages and the desktops are running mandrake > 10.0. > > Currently we are using NIS for authentication and NFS to share the home > directories. > > I have been having some hassles with NIS and would like to upgrade to a > more modern system. > > Are there any alternatives to NFS and NIS? > > As long as it not to complex to setup and is fairly easy to administer > its fine. X is not on the server so all admin takes place over > ssh.Security is an issue. > > It is safe to assume that there will not be any windows clients on the > network, ever :) There is one osx ibook being used but it does not need > to 'login' to the network. > > Thanks very much, > > Paul
Paul, I have a ldap based authentication system and still use NFS for sharing /home. I used http://people.debian.org/~torsten/ldapnss.html to guide me through the setup. I then use cpu (in Debian) to do the passwd and user account creation. Everything I needed was packaged in Debian. There are some ldap utilities that will convert an exisitng /etc/passwd to what is needed for ldap. I didn't have many users and found it easier to just use cpu to add my users and passwords. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
