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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:38:49 -0800
From:      "jl" <tech@scsr.com>
To:        "Paul Khavkine" <paul@colba.net>, "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Distributed user info
Message-ID:  <005b01c09ae6$41766e50$6503c23f@XGforce.com>
References:  <3A90499E.CECAE369@colba.net> <20010218172203.C85795@numachi.com> <3A904FF1.F5C23ECE@colba.net>

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check out www.xgforce.com. There's a nisII software.
It's a re-born nis with SSL and mantains distributed
user info across different platforms. If your nis master
dead, users will still be able to login.

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Khavkine <paul@colba.net>
To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Distributed user info


> Brian Reichert wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:15:59PM -0500, Paul
Khavkine wrote:
> > > Hi, i'm looking for a way to maintain user
information in a central
> > > database so it can be shared
> > > accross multiple boxes.
> > > I like the Kerberos 5 suthentication scheme but i
need more then
> > > authentication.
> > > I need to redistribute stuff like usernames,
passwords, uids, gids,
> > > etc...
> > > I could just use NIS but dont like sensitive
information to be passed
> > > around in clear text and a lack
> > > of authentication other then by hostname/ip.
> > > What other alternatives to NIS are there,
preferably tied with Kerberos
> > > 5 authentication?
> >
> > LDAP / Radius?  I'm guessing...
>
> Not a big LDAP fan, but for RADIUS, how would you make
all the programs using
> getpwnam()
> and the likes to get the info from RADIUS.
> Is there an NSS implementation for FreeBSD like the
one for Solaris/Linux ?
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanx
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >
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message
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert
<reichert@numachi.com>
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