> this may or may not be reason to worry, depending on whether or not
> you trust the yp server. NIS (in)security is a chapter of its
> own. (and personally, I think it's high time something else comes
> along. the beauty of NIS is that it works and is widely supported.)
Re: NIS/NFS question ... This means that the server will not ... you can't trust the IP address nor the Mac ... We are using NIS to ... >> If a student walks into the lab with their laptop running their ... (RedHat)
Re: Choose from multiple domains in logon box? ...Server 2000 domain, and I don't think the trust... relationships are supported in that platform.... or the other one - depending on who you ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Re: Queston re Norton Internet Security 2003 ... First, in the NIS Console, set Security to HIGH; ... about the more esoteric Trojans (due to your Internet habits),... well worth your time to install one of the dedicated anti-Trojan software ... What's an 'unprotected server application'? ... (comp.security.firewalls)
Re: One login for multiple machines ... get authenticated from remote server (thus not need to create ...network) a centrally-stored login on a Linux server for Windows PCs ... I've excerpted some relevant info from two web pages on NIS and LDAP... ... It is for this reason that LDAP... (Ubuntu)
SUMMARY: centralizing account mgmt? is it worth doing? ...LDAP-accessible directory server...NIS is simple, still widely used, and probably exactly what ... one developer has 15 different UNIX accounts.... (SunManagers)
