hi ya why not do the following ???
make one machine be your primary NIS server... - all passwds defined there... all other machines uses the NIS server for passwd authentication and turn on ssh logins ( ~/.shosts ) w/o checking passwd use automounter for /n/<machines>/directories http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html add additional security as needed - turn on tcp_wrappers - use secure nfs/portmapper - do NOT allow insecure operations in a secure environment ( no wireless stuff, no dchp stuff, no pop3, no telnet, no ftp ) and magically its just like sun-environment... sorta ... c ya alvin http://www.Linux-Sec.net On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:02:56PM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > I work for several University astronomers who basically want something > > like what they're used to at other places: a pure sun shop, running > > NIS and NFS. > > Two choices for authentication (passwd + shadow): > (1) Kerberos > Never used it. Can't advise you. > (2) LDAP > Use LDAP (recompile --with-tls flag) + libpam-ldap + libnss-ldap to do > the equivalent of NIS but securely. > > Several choices for authorisation (pam_access.so): > (1) local /etc/secuirty/access.conf listing all users > (2) local /etc/secuirty/access.conf listing a group or netgroup > - use local group file > - use LDAP-distributed group or netgroup map > > Several choices for file sharing: > (1) NFS + iptables + tcpwrappers > (2) SFS (see sfs-server sfs-client packages and www.fs.net) > Requires users to authenticate against the file server, also. > Consider using libpam-sfs (I'm rewriting it as we speak.) > (3) OpenAFS (see openafs-fileserver + openafs-client) > Also requirres users to authenticate against the file server, but > when used in a Kerberos environment, you only have to logon once due > to Kerberos' ticket-granting system. > > Hope this (probably incomplete) list helps, > > Luca > > -- > Luca Filipozzi, Debian Developer > [dpkg] We are the apt. You will be packaged. Comply. > gpgkey 5A827A2D - A149 97BD 188C 7F29 779E 09C1 3573 32C4 5A82 7A2D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]