Subj : Re: Idiots intro to LDAP - Where? To : comp.os.linux From : Michael W Cocke Date : Thu Sep 09 2004 11:59 pm On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:44:51 -0500, Patrick McDonnell wrote: [snip] >> They are, but it's a pain in my existance keeping them that way. What >> I'd like to be able to do is create a user or a group in one place and >> have them propegate, rather than having to run to each system and >> create a user or group. I probably should have started with that >> description rather than asking specifically about LDAP, but from what >> I've been able to figure out, I need either LDAP or NIS, and NIS is >> obsolete. > >NIS is not obsolete, LDAP just provides more functionality, and maybe more >security. Unless you desperately need the additional features provided by >LDAP, I'd suggest you use NIS. Its a hell of a lot easier to setup than >LDAP, and seems to do what you say you want to do. There are ways to secure >NIS. Sounds like NIS will work for me. I'm not trying to make things more complicated, I'm just tired of running all over the building every time I need to set up a new account! Thanks! Mike- -- If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs... You may have a great career as a network administrator ahead! -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments, .