Dear Managers,
I'd like to coordinate the user/password databases of my
mixed-architecture network (Tru64, IRIX, RedHat Linux), so I am
considering NIS or NIS+
However, I remember reading dire warnings about the lack of security of
NIS, so I am trying to do some background research before going ahead.
The Tru64 docs (that I have found so far) just explain how to get it up
and running, but don't really mention security issues.
The Linuxdoc NIS-HOWTO also explains how to get NIS or NIS+ running in
a mixed environment, but again, doesn't discuss security.
Can anyone point me to any basic documentation of the security aspects
of NIS/NIS+? Do any of you have any opinions/suggestions about how I
should go about setting up distributed user/authentication databases?
(I'll bet some of you do!)
Finally, assuming that this is all trivial (!) do any of you have any
suggestions for coordinating user/authentication between Tru64 (or any
other flavour of Unix) and a Windows2000 domain?
Many thanks,
Andrew
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Dr. Andrew Raine, Head of IT, MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit,
Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, UK
phone: +44 (0)1223 252830 fax: +44 (0)1223 252835
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Received on Wed Mar 20 2002 - 17:17:36 NZST