From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HsRyX-0007wt-00 for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 19:16:37 -0400 Received: from [24.226.69.186] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1HsRy1-0007Nq-Ky for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 27 May 2007 19:16:05 -0400 Message-ID: <001101c7a0bd$a2650120$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070527225559.GA25303@gmx.net> Subject: Re: Directory Services and linux Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 19:17:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:16:37 -0000 NIS is still the standard used in most unix networks, including Solaris where it was born, actually on the predecessor SunOS. Sun creaited NIS+ as a successor but it never gained ground over NIS. You can't really go wrong with NIS, it is still the most widely supported naming service after DNS. -- Doug