Re: NIS+PAM+SSH+Firewalling.....all in the mix

Stachu 'Dozzie' K. wrote:
On 09.08.2007, Chris Cox <ccox_nopenotthis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
NIS is used for more than just authentication. If permissions are
checked, then NIS will get used.

Eh? When and how? I thought that NIS serves mapping between usernames
and UIDs, and permissions are usually saved with UIDs instead of
usernames.


A script might do an ls -l or something that will do a uid to name
mapping, etc. It's just one of those things that can trip
you up. It's one of the reasons why you run a nscd with NIS, but
of course, that in itself can cause a world of grief since
it caches everything, including password data.

NIS can create a LOT of traffic to the yp server.

.

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