On 2/10/10 4:27 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > I have discovered a very strange SFTP problem which I can not connect to > anything but NIS thus far. See here: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/sftp-seems-to-fail-for-nis-accounts-under-openssh-5-x-816020/ > > http://readlist.com/lists/suse.com/suse-linux-e/38/193419.html > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101002/ebf39212/attachment-0004.sig>