DI Peter Burgstaller wrote: > Hi there, > > > > Most (of our) engineers are not linux-compliant. > > > Need centralized login, (can't use NIS+, we've already got a NIS+ system > > > for Solaris... don't wanna confuse the issue,) > > > > You might like to look into using LDAP for this. Another alternitive is > > using an SQL database. This issue is pretty flexiable considering there > > are many PAM modules and quite a few Name Service (libnss) modules. > > I fail to see why you can't use NIS!? You can bind to different domains so > just run your 30 debians under their own NIS domain and you can cross exist > no problem. If you even maybe host the NIS Servers on the same machine I could > think of some very nice perl scripts to cross import data between them if you > need same userids but different services for ex. We had a similar setting > at the university of salzburg which worked very well. >
Specifically because as a NOC, if NIS+ goes down, we may be unable to access our tools to troubleshoot the issue. ~duane > > - Just my 0.02, Peter > /----------------------------------------------\ > | Dipl.-Ing. Peter Burgstaller | > | Technical Assistant and System Administrator | > | @ all information network & services gmbh | > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | phone: +43 662 452335 | > | fax : +43 662 452335 90 | > \----------------------------------------------/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
