* Kurc, Marcin A. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > read about NFS, http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html > or samba (if you also want to share files accross windows and linux) > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html (or visit samba.org) > > NIS is very commonly used for server based authentication > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/index.html > but I would suggest that you look into LDAP, this way > you can use it not only for Linux/Unix boxes but also your Windows > network. Besides, you can use LDAP for many different applications. > LDAP howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO.html
Note that NIS security is an oxymoron, you may not want to use NIS at a college lab. Dima -- I have not been able to think of any way of describing Perl to [person] "Hello, blind man? This is color." -- DPM
