From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 22 7: 0: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from exchange.nscom.corp (exchange.nscom.com [216.237.220.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA4D537B401 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 06:59:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jneuffer@nscom.com) Received: From EXCHANGE.NSCOM.CORP (10.16.0.247[10.16.0.247 port:2082]) by exchange.nscom.corp Mail essentials (server 2.422) with SMTP id: <607@exchange.nscom.corp> for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:02:17 AM -0400 smtpmailfrom Received: by EXCHANGE with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:02:16 -0400 Message-ID: From: Jeff Neuffer To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: User Authentication other than /etc/passwd Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:02:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Is it possible to have FreeBSD use any other authentication methods for users other than "/etc/passwd"? We have many FreeBSD systems and it would be nice to have the user base managed from one "table/database". For instance... LDAP? Or even Radius? I read the man page for "passwd" and I see that "ypasswd" is mentioned and NIS. Would NIS and ypasswd be a better management system for 5,000 users? Jeff Neuffer Jr. Data Services Technician/CCNA North State Communications Data Services 111 N. Main St. P.O. Box 2326 High Point, NC 27261 Data Repair: 336-886-3967 Tel: 336-821-4656 Fax: 336-886-2243 http://www.nscom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message