Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 00:15:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> To: Daniel Schrock <d_jab@anonymous-daemon.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mapping users to multiple systems? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006210011280.6111-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> In-Reply-To: <006101bfdb39$a7b55180$0271a8c0@anonymousdaemon.org>
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You're looking for NIS, Network Information Service. See the yp(4) man page for some basic information. I set it up recently at work, and I have a webpage bookmarked there that helped me get through the basic stuff. If you'd like that, drop me email and I'll look up the URL for you. Ken Bolingbroke hacker@bolingbroke.com On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Daniel Schrock wrote: > I have 2 full-time FreeBSD-4.0 systems (a gateway and a webserver) and 1 > part-time FreeBSD system (dual boots withWin2k). > > Right now i have gateway:/usr/home/ mounted on the other systems, but those > users can only actually log into the gateway. Though most don't need to log > in anywhere else, some need access to the workstation and, more importantly, > the webserver for MySQL access. > > How would i go about setting the systems up so the other users could log > into any machine without setting up separate accounts on each system? > > I'm pretty sure it can be done, but, other than nfs mounting their homes, > I'm at a loss as to how to enable logins on the other boxes. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > daniel schrock > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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