On Wed, August 8, 2007 09:12, David Bell wrote:
> Samuel Penn wrote:
>> So my question is, what is the real solution for account
>> management across multiple boxes on Linux these days?
>> The last time I looked at this, it was NIS on Solaris.
>> I'm guessing it would be something based on OpenLDAP,
>> though I'm also guessing there's also probably several
>> different possibilities.
>
> The most common are NIS/NIS+ and OpenLDAP. You can do both without
> Solaris being involved ;)
Okay, I'll start investigating those then.
> As an aside, I am starting to use libnss-mysql-bg on Debian with a MySQL
> server on each host replicating changes from a master mysql server via
> MySQL Replicate.
We just need something simple - there's only a handful of
us who are going to need it.
>> If it could hook into our MS Windows domain accounts as
>> well, that would be good (we use samba for sharing a
>> file system, but it's not connected to ssh accounts).
>
> This might be a good starting point:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fit_Linux_into_Active_Directory
>
> As usual the Gentoo wiki is fantastic :)
As are their forums, and this list (which I find better for
interactive stuff).
Thanks.
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