Le 06/12/2020 à 16:35, Mark LaPierre a écrit :
I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some supposed security issues.
Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security issues extant in NIS?
My plan is to set up NIS and NFS on my home network server where I plan to host all the local home network /home directories. I'll use automount on all the other nodes to mount up the home directories when a user logs on.
The main problem with NIS is that logins and passwords circulate in clear-text over the network.
I've written a detailed blog article about NIS on CentOS 7. Should work similarly on CentOS 8, since NIS didn't really evolve since:
https://blog.microlinux.fr/serveur-nis-centos-7/
A secure alternative that's not much more difficult to setup is 389 Directory Server:
https://blog.microlinux.fr/389-ds-centos-7/
This one works differently on CentOS 8 though.
Cheers,
Niki