Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 20:13:05 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Jonathan Laventhol <jonathan.laventhol@imagination.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System management with large groups Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000519200944.95256O-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <39255860.FC0F2688@imagination.co.uk>
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, Jonathan Laventhol wrote: > Dear FreeBSD Hackers -- > > I've got a technically-straightfordward but nonetheless > business-critical problem with the groups structures in FreeBSD > which perhaps you kind souls can help me with. > > *** BACKGROUND *** > [snip] > Question 4: What do people think might break? Would it be better, > worse, or impossible to do this with NIS? > My gut feeling says worse. Have you looked into the ACL patches for FreeBSD? > Question 5: Has anybody done anything like a vigr (like vipw) > for /etc/group? Our (locally-written) user database would be > changing the groups all the time. > > > Many thanks, my FreeBSD heroes, if anybody has anything to offer > on this. > > Best regards, > Jonathan. > -- > Jonathan Laventhol > Technology Director > ____________________________________________________________________ > Imagination 25 Store Street South Crescent London WC1E 7BL England | > Tel +44 171 323 3300 Fax +44 171 323 5801 | > _______________________________________________________| > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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