[Sunhelp] New Master NIS server

Thu May 25 15:03:19 CDT 2000

on 5/25/2000 1:41 PM, ward at zilla.nu at ward at zilla.nu wrote:

> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 02:07:35PM -0400, Simpson Clyde Contr AFIT/SCBS wrote:
>> how bout migration from NIS to NIS+????
> 
> A frightening prospect.  NIS+ feels like a botched clone of NetInfo.  I
> suggest
> you read up a LOT on NIS+ before putting it into place.

How about using an LDAP server instead? If you're using Solaris 8 on the
clients, there is now an LDAP authentication module that you can use. I
haven't tried it yet, but I can't wait to try. Goodbye NIS/NIS+!

Cheers,

George