[OpenAFS] Distributing passwd

[Charles Clancy]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, fronils wrote:

> Hi,
>
> how does people go about the problem of distributing files like /etc/passwd to
> clients? Using NIS or something else?

NIS, NIS+, and LDAP are all likely candidates.  The major security flaws
of NIS/NIS+ are less important in the AFS environment, as you don't need
to use them for distributing encrypted passwords.  IMHO, NIS is easiest to
setup/maintain and has the widest client support.

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