[CentOS] NIS and NIS+

[Jason Pyeron]

So what is the proper way to ensure root and others password (hashes) are
not sent over the lan?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of James Pearson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:49
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS and NIS+
> 
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > How can I tell if I am using NIS+?
> > 
> > I would like the data to be encrypted on the lan.
> 
> I don't think NIS+ is 'supported' on Linux - see:
> 
> <http://www.linux-nis.org/nisplus/>
> 
> James Pearson
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