Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

----- Original Message ----- | On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Steve Rikli wrote: | | > Why? I'll grant NIS is insecure at best for login auth, and should | > not | > be used for that purpose (at least not outside the lab). | > | > But for other purposes e.g. automount maps, NIS is simple and easy | > and | > still functional. | > | > I'll also readily agree I wouldn't want NIS on internet-facing | > systems, | > but for things like automount maps on the internal corporate LAN, is | > it really a catastropic problem? | | The problem you get is when you compare it with LDAP. | | jh

There is no comparison. NIS is *much* faster than LDAP for these purposes.