NIS vs LDAP (was: Re: [plug] making linux desktops consistent)

[Sol Hanna]

> > 
> > LDAP is much harder to administer but the security is much better. I agree 
> > that LDAP is the approiate migration path from NIS.
> 
> I find LDAP great in admin terms, actually. pam_mkhomedir and
> directory_administrator take 99% of the work out of handing user account
> maintenance, and for the rest I use a few small scripts.
> 
Following up on discussing NIS vs LDAP a couple of days back, this brief
article turned up on linux.com which may be of interest to those
thinking of making the move.
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/26/1840213

cheers; sol
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Sol Hanna
sol at autonomon dot net
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