Centralised authentication.

From: R. de Laat (robert_at_nospam.cookiesoftware.nl)
Date: 11/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:14:12 +0100

Hi there,

I have a question about central authentication.

I started using linux a few months ago and i am in the process of
migrating my very last windows machine.
Should have done that a long time ago !!

But i have local users on all boxes and get sick of logging in all the time.

I would like to have a user account that can be used on all boxes.
All boxes should authenticate this account against a central server.
I have read about openldap, kerberos and NIS.
Which one should i use ?

I am not looking for a "for dummy's tutorial" here. Lot's of stuff on
the net about this. But i can't seem to find a good paper and how to
choose what to use.

Please tell me your experiences with this subject.

Regards,

Robert

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