On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 08:03 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Jobst Schmalenbach a écrit : > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service > > > > it used to be called "yp" or "yellow pages". > > it works with samba too. > > > I'm new to centralized user authentication, and I want to learn how to > do it. I've heard that NIS is a deprecated technology, and that one > should favour LDAP over it. I'd be curious if someone could explain the > facts behind this (or even if it's true or not). ---- true LDAP is also much more robust and versatile. You can keep extending it for many things like mail routing/delivery/aliases, integration with Samba/Netatalk/ for Windows/Macintosh users, automounts, shared address books and more than just authentication. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.