[OpenAFS] re: my afs wish list

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:36:32 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Derek Atkins wrote:

> The problem is that every site does it differently.  Some sites use NIS
> for their NSS info.  MIT uses Hesiod for its NSS info.  Some sites use
> Hesiod for their NSS info.  What are the OpenAFS developers supposed
> to do?

Port Moira to use a free database and ship it. ;-)

> Choosing any one solution is just wrong, because it alienates
> the users that already deployed something else.