-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Don Krause Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 15:40 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] how many people still use NIS?
On Oct 1, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Ben McGinnes wrote:
On 2/10/10 4:27 AM, Boris Epstein wrote:
Hello listmates,
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Hence the question: is NIS (YP) still in use much anywhere for authentication?
Solaris still favours it, but mainly because Sun invented
it. Most of
the rest of us don't bother. I certainly haven't seen it anywhere except exclusively SunOS/Solaris based networks for ages.
Regards, Ben
We still use it quite extensively, across 100 or so Linux, Solaris, and SunOS boxes.
Since we still have to maintain and support some very expensive industrial equipment that use SunOS, I'd hate to see it go away.
We use it in our linux/windows SSO, about 75 machines. Eventually we will switch to LDAP, but until then...
-Jason
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