[TriLUG] Small Network User Management

[Joseph Tate]

Sounds like you've got it figured out.  NFS is probably a good choice so 
long as you keep the export list tightly controlled.

LDAP really isn't that tough to set up, and scripts exist to migrate 
file based authentication over to LDAP.  However, if you're new to LDAP, 
getting it to work right may be a challenge.  A lot of people don't 
trust LDAP for authentication and use Kerberos instead.  There are docs 
on how to use SASL in the LDAP howto at tldp.org

I've never personally set up NIS, but apparently, it's very easy on a 
homogeneous network.  A nightmare on a mixed network.

Joseph

Tarus Balog wrote:

>Gang:
>
>Okay, I am still torn between Debian and Mandrake, but I appreciate the
>advice on both sides. Mandrake's security package may be what makes the
>decision for me.
>
>But I have another question. I want to set up a way to manage a group of
>users on a small group of about ten machines. I want a common home
>directory (nfs or smbfs), username and password.
>
>I really don't want to set up LDAP or anything like that, and I would be
>happy just copying files from one machine to another (like passwd, group,
>etc) since I won't be adding users very often, and there won't be many of
>them.
>
>Suggestions?
>
>-T
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