-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:04:50PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network > neighborhood and smb for Linux.
Well, all SMB does is handle network file systems and network printers. Both were problems solved earlier and better by lpr and nfs. See also: NetBOLLUX. > So when you join a NIS like system that > it will automatically authenticate you on your Linux network with your > currently logged in user name and password. That's exactly what hosts.equiv and identd are for. You set your local network in hosts.equiv; and anything in hosts.equiv is assumed to respond with a valid, authenticated user. Keep this in mind, because identd spoofing will leave you totally open from all hosts in /etc/hosts.equiv. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAEhx0UzgNqloQMwcRAlX+AKCQXy6JH2KrXVAFmXXWlbF7g1HoSgCdETTB SdDAZnrppPwqIlzn3UuCqBs= =TdwK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
