Commercial use of NIS in a business/compute server environment

From: Jonathan B. Craig <jcraig_at_gfs.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:18:23 -0400

We are faced with the age old problem of cleaning up a large passwd file
mess. We currently have 30+ servers ranging in size from a i386 SCO
communications processor to a Alpha 8200 Enterprise Server. The problem
is what is the best way to keep system files in sync accross a diverse
group of platforms.

We have finally stopped creating willy nilly uname/uid matches accross
our environment by requiring all new accounts register with an Excel
Spreadsheet before creation. But this does not help us create and
administer accounts centrally.

I long to use the NIS system but I do not know of anyone else using it
in a commercial environment except for CAD station administrators. Is
anyone out there using NIS in a shop with 10+ unix servers supporting
100+ users.

Also, is anyone making use of DCE services in-house to achieve
single-signon for in-house designed applications. Another area I am
looking into is pushing our developers to implement a centrally
administered security system that support distributed computing.

Look forward to any response I may receive. I will summarize this
information and post if I get anything juicy.

Jon Craig
jcraig_at_gfs.com
Received on Thu Jul 25 1996 - 05:42:41 NZST

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