* OT: Directory Services and linux
@ Alex Snow
` Doug Sutherland
` OT: " Terry Klarich
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Hi,
Have a few linux machines running here that I'd like to have running a
directory service to synchronise login information and the like. I was
just wondering, what's the best directory service to run these days? I
had to take an intro to Unix class for school, and that mentioned NIS,
which I had looked into in the past...though I just read the ORielly
book on that and it seemed to say that NIS should only be used until
newer alternatives became stable, and the book was about 5 years old.
Being able to interoperate with windows hosts would be nice also, though
I'm not holding my breath...
Any help would be apreciated.
--
quit When the quit statement is read, the bc processor
is terminated, regardless of where the quit state-
ment is found. For example, "if (0 == 1) quit"
will cause bc to terminate.
-- seen in the manpage for "bc". Note the "if" statement's logic
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread* Re: Directory Services and linux OT: Directory Services and linux Alex Snow @ ` Doug Sutherland ` Terry Klarich ` OT: " Terry Klarich 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Doug Sutherland @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Directory Services and linux ` Doug Sutherland @ ` Terry Klarich ` Alex Snow 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Terry Klarich @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. You can use NIS if you want to open up your systems. Nis has more holes in it than a screen door. It's actually worse than sendmail. Use ldap. Terry On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:17:53 -0500you write: >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Directory Services and linux ` Terry Klarich @ ` Alex Snow 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Yeah I was thinking about looking into ldap...the O'Rielly book I read on Nis said that when it became stable ldap would be the best choice since Nis was rather insecure and nis+ never really took off. Thanks for the info, I'll give openldap a try... On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 12:44:02PM -0500, Terry Klarich wrote: > You can use NIS if you want to open up your systems. Nis has more holes in it than a screen door. It's actually worse than > sendmail. > > Use ldap. > > Terry > On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:17:53 -0500you write: > >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- lp1 on fire -- One of the more obfuscated kernel messages ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: OT: Directory Services and linux OT: Directory Services and linux Alex Snow ` Doug Sutherland @ ` Terry Klarich ` Steve Holmes 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Terry Klarich @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. You want to look at openldap. I am running it here on my personal network. Id's are shared among all my machines, samba accounts and html accounts. Works well. Terry On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:55:59 -0400you write: >Hi, > >Have a few linux machines running here that I'd like to have running a >directory service to synchronise login information and the like. I was >just wondering, what's the best directory service to run these days? I >had to take an intro to Unix class for school, and that mentioned NIS, >which I had looked into in the past...though I just read the ORielly >book on that and it seemed to say that NIS should only be used until >newer alternatives became stable, and the book was about 5 years old. >Being able to interoperate with windows hosts would be nice also, though >I'm not holding my breath... >Any help would be apreciated. > >-- >quit When the quit statement is read, the bc processor > is terminated, regardless of where the quit state- > ment is found. For example, "if (0 == 1) quit" > will cause bc to terminate. > -- seen in the manpage for "bc". Note the "if" statement's logic > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: OT: Directory Services and linux ` OT: " Terry Klarich @ ` Steve Holmes ` Terry Klarich 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Steve Holmes @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Is there some good documentation on LDAP? When I looked at the documentation that came with openldap, I got lost in the weeds, overwelmed and my head was swimming. For whatever reason, it just looked like complete over-kill to me. I really don't have a good grasp on what LDAP can do for me. I originally thought it was a litteral directory server like for mail and address books; that was probably my first mistake.:) On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 12:40:53PM -0500, Terry Klarich wrote: > You want to look at openldap. I am running it here on my personal network. Id's are shared among all my machines, samba accounts > and html accounts. Works well. > > Terry > On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:55:59 -0400you write: > >Hi, > > > >Have a few linux machines running here that I'd like to have running a > >directory service to synchronise login information and the like. I was > >just wondering, what's the best directory service to run these days? I > >had to take an intro to Unix class for school, and that mentioned NIS, > >which I had looked into in the past...though I just read the ORielly > >book on that and it seemed to say that NIS should only be used until > >newer alternatives became stable, and the book was about 5 years old. > >Being able to interoperate with windows hosts would be nice also, though > >I'm not holding my breath... > >Any help would be apreciated. > > > >-- > >quit When the quit statement is read, the bc processor > > is terminated, regardless of where the quit state- > > ment is found. For example, "if (0 == 1) quit" > > will cause bc to terminate. > > -- seen in the manpage for "bc". Note the "if" statement's logic > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: OT: Directory Services and linux ` Steve Holmes @ ` Terry Klarich 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Terry Klarich @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. LDAP is not something you can setup in a few minutes. And, it might be over kill for you. However, there is no other real options which are secure. In my case, I built an ldap solution for my employer; so, have been through the learning curve. I use it for my home network. It consists of 4 unix and 3 windows machines. I wanted to have a single password for all authentication processes. So far, all unix accounts, samba and web access share the same password. Put on your climbing equipment because the learning curve is straight up. If you go to http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/ you can find a step by step approach to install ldap. I'd be willing to assist if I can. Terry On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:36:58 -0700you write: >Is there some good documentation on LDAP? When I looked at the >documentation that came with openldap, I got lost in the weeds, >overwelmed and my head was swimming. For whatever reason, it just >looked like complete over-kill to me. I really don't have a good >grasp on what LDAP can do for me. I originally thought it was a >litteral directory server like for mail and address books; that was >probably my first mistake.:) > >On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 12:40:53PM -0500, Terry Klarich wrote: >> You want to look at openldap. I am running it here on my personal network. Id's are shared among all my machines, samba accoun >ts >> and html accounts. Works well. >> >> Terry >> On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:55:59 -0400you write: >> >Hi, >> > >> >Have a few linux machines running here that I'd like to have running a >> >directory service to synchronise login information and the like. I was >> >just wondering, what's the best directory service to run these days? I >> >had to take an intro to Unix class for school, and that mentioned NIS, >> >which I had looked into in the past...though I just read the ORielly >> >book on that and it seemed to say that NIS should only be used until >> >newer alternatives became stable, and the book was about 5 years old. >> >Being able to interoperate with windows hosts would be nice also, though >> >I'm not holding my breath... >> >Any help would be apreciated. >> > >> >-- >> >quit When the quit statement is read, the bc processor >> > is terminated, regardless of where the quit state- >> > ment is found. For example, "if (0 == 1) quit" >> > will cause bc to terminate. >> > -- seen in the manpage for "bc". Note the "if" statement's logic >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- >HolmesGrown Solutions >The best solutions for the best price! >http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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