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Date:      Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:17:39 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIS replacement
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009151410001.59382-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009150241340.32705-100000@jason.argos.org>

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hi, there!

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Mike Nowlin wrote:

> We've been using NIS for quite some time to provide auth info, home dir,
> and login shell info to a bunch of FBSD machines.  So far, it's worked
> fairly well, but it's getting to be a pain to administer - we're looking
> for something different...

[snip]
 
> I've been toying with using RADIUS to handle this, but that only provides
> the auth info - do any plans exist (or packages available) to handle home
> dirs and login shells via RADIUS?  Or any other suggestions?  

NSS has been committed to -current recently.
There are plans to implement dynamic modules and MFC it before 4.2-RELEASE
IIRC. Check out http://www.padl.com/ for NSS+LDAP solution.

/fjoe



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