Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:50:16 -0700 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Even lighter weight directory protocol? Message-ID: <CAOtMX2gsvCAaaCH9EKopfg95CdbZkewbVmYAfN32OP01if5NDw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c195b9b4-d4e4-c0d3-966d-cd8ca8863838@m5p.com> References: <c195b9b4-d4e4-c0d3-966d-cd8ca8863838@m5p.com>
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 1:44 PM, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: > I use NIS to propagate /etc/passwd and /etc/group, and really nothing > else. I have been thinking about shifting to LDAP, to avoid some of > the really embarrassing failure modes of NIS, except that I would like > to kill the sadist who named this a "lightweight" protocol. I've > thought about a simple cron/rsync job (and maybe that's what I'll do > in the end). But are there any other directory-ish systems out there > that are, let's say, bantamweight or flyweight? -- George Many years ago I used cfengine to sync /etc/password and similar files. But it's really not as good as a real directory protocol. For one thing, users can only change their passwords on the master server. NIS is better. I'm afraid I don't know of any alternatives that aren't NIS or LDAP. KRB5 is good, but it only handles authentication, so it generally has to be paired with either NIS or LDAP. -Alan
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