Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:51:07 -0700 From: "J Peltier" <james@aspert.com> To: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, "steinyv" <steinyv@skyweb.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <005a01bfe2ee$0fe457e0$672a35d1@aspert.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006301618290.84094-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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Stupid question I guess. Than NIS is platform independant IE Windows users can be authenticated via an NIS server?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com> To: "steinyv" <steinyv@skyweb.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:23 PM Subject: Re: NIS > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, steinyv wrote: > > > Hi all. Im a newbie and Im just getting to understand what NFS is all > > about. I read up on NIS and I have a vague idea of what it does. Could > > someone give like some real world examples of where NIS is used so that I > > can get a clearer picture in my head, so that I could figure out if I could > > use this function or not. > > Example of where I'm using it. I maintain a lab filled with a variety of > platforms, and I maintain access for several teams of employees who need > to access and bang on these machines. I frequently reinstall platforms > when they get beat up too much, or after someone's changed things around > too much. > > NIS allows me to maintain a single central server with all of that user > login information. Then I need only configure each lab machine to use NIS > from the server, and all the users immediately have their login propogated > to every machine in the lab. They change their password in once place. I > add/delete users in one place, etc. And I don't have to deal with each > platform's individual quirks in adding and maintaining users so much... > > Ken Bolingbroke > hacker@bolingbroke.com > > > > 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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