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Subject: Re: GNU/Linux NIS tweaks was: FreeBSD Decision
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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:41 PM, James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> wro=
te:
> It may have to do with what you are doing. At the NFS protocol level, the=
y are compatible as far as I can tell. However, in my testing (trying to se=
t up a file server in a heterogeneous environment) I had problems configuri=
ng NIS without editing Makefiles.

Ah right, see I was given a choice between NIS and LDAP back in 2003
and started with OpenLDAP (after many years using/administering NIS).
I have never looked back since.

Cheers,
Steph