From: Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> > I think it'll only work for NIS passwd maps, but I think that the > netgroups map can come from NIS *or* live in /etc/netgroup. Right. But in a nutshell, I think we agree that NIS is the way to go. Totally forgot about netgroups and using the +:::::: limitations in /etc/passwd on each NIS client. All excellent suggestions. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org