Title: RE: Linux Workstations
LDAP can be used as a central authentication server. You can even use Windows AD as a central authentication server, however, because of MS "extensions" Windows cannot use a standards compliant LDAP server on Linux, etc.
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howto and NFS howto documents.
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From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 03 September 2002 10:54
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Subject: Re: Linux Workstations
cj wrote:
>G'day All
>
>I am about to convert an office from linux workstations to linux
>workstatio
cj wrote:
>G'day All
>
>I am about to convert an office from linux workstations to linux
>workstations,
>Is there any howto's or is it even possible to allow the linux workstations
>to use a central passwd, shadow and /home files?
>
>I had a look through the lin
> Central passwds? You want NIS+. Central /home dirs? NFS.
NIS+ is certainly on its way out as is NIS, LDAP is the current
technology for central passwds.
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> I am about to convert an office from linux workstations to linux
> workstations,
>From Linux to Linux? That doesn't seem terribly productive... ;-)
> Is there any howto's or is it even possible to allow the linux
> workstations to use a central passwd, shadow
G'day All
I am about to convert an office from linux workstations to linux
workstations,
Is there any howto's or is it even possible to allow the linux workstations
to use a central passwd, shadow and /home files?
I had a look through the linux.org howto's but didn't see w
