anyone out there still using NIS?

Kevin Martin kevintm at ameritech.net
Sat Sep 26 19:26:50 UTC 2009



Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i'm putting together a tutorial on network services, and i'm really
> uninterested in investing any time in covering NIS.  anyone out there
> still using it?  is it worth it?
>
> rday
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Yes, absolutely, in a mixed environment of Sun, Linux, and AIX!  What a
mess since not all of the platforms support the stronger hashing of the
passwords.

Kevin




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