From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Feb 19 18:38:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.netsol.net (mail.netsol.net [216.179.148.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF31637B4EC for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:38:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from fire ([63.194.3.101]) by mail1.netsol.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id net; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:49:13 -0800 Message-ID: <005b01c09ae6$41766e50$6503c23f@XGforce.com> Reply-To: "jl" From: "jl" To: "Paul Khavkine" , "Brian Reichert" Cc: References: <3A90499E.CECAE369@colba.net> <20010218172203.C85795@numachi.com> <3A904FF1.F5C23ECE@colba.net> Subject: Re: Distributed user info Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:38:49 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To: Brian Reichert Cc: 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert > > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message