Re: Anybody use NIS on a mixed network?

From: Matt (mattpayton_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:30:00 GMT

Dave Hafner wrote:

> Has anybody out there actually used NIS on a network with Linux servers
> and both Linux and Windows desktops? The Linux->Linux stuff is no problem
> but googling for info about Win Desktops on a Linux network brings up a
> range of answers from "Works great" to "Unmitigated disaster".
>
> I am going to set up a series of test machines to see for myself, but was
> just wondering if anyone else had some experience that they would share.
>
> DH

What exactly are you trying to accomplish, and what is your current set up ?
For example, do you want to use NIS to autheticate logins from Windows
desktops ? or just make resources on your *nix boxes available to your
windows clients ? How are you autheticating windows users now ?

MS does provide some NIS tools, but I *think* they're mostly for
authenticating *nix users to AD or a NT domain.
See the following for more info :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/productinfo/overview/default.asp 

-- 
- Matt -

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