On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 02:43:28AM -0700, Mike Hoskins wrote:
> I like the 'keeping it real' idea as well.
>
> Then again, doesn't 3.2R+ support SecureRPC? Isn't this the sort of thing
> NIS+ was invented for? A centralized db of users that you can then export
> to various machines with differing characteristics? I.e. couldn't you
> import the NIS db to your mail box(es) with /nonexistent home directory
> and /sbin/nologin shell? Name and password pairs would still exist,
> allowing any SMTP/POP3 daemons I know of to work without change.
We support NIS, and secure RPC, but not NIS+. Bill Paul was working on
it some time back, but I'm not sure if he still is...
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Sedately launch a quiet plea:
That DOS, the ancient system, shall
On boxes pleasureless to all
Run Perl though lack they C.
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