Re: What can I do with six new publicly available computers? now nis vs. rsync

From: Patrick Rittich (prittich_at_dowco.com)
Date: 09/20/05

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    Alvin Oga wrote:

    > anybody can login from anywhere after you set up nis or ldap
    > ( both are bad idea )
    > or rsync /etc/passwd /etc/shadow to each machine ( my preference )
    >

    I like this idea of using rsync to copy over /etc/passwd, but I have to
    ask, what problems does nis have (since that's what we have set up on
    our network)? 

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Patrick Rittich
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Dowco Computer Systems Ltd.
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