On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 09:11:01PM -0400, Boris Epstein wrote: > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Jonathan Nilsson <jnilsson at uci.edu> wrote: > >> Hence the question - is there a good way to have an NIS server for > >> user authentication that is a mirror image of an LDAP server, with a > >> proviso that an update introduced there is replicated in the LDAP > >> server's databases? > > http://freeipa.org/page/NIS_Compatibility > Thank you very much, this sounds like an excellent idea! If you don't mind paying, PADL may do what you want http://www.padl.com/Products/NISLDAPGateway.html Or fire up a Solaris 10 instance, which may also do what you want Both will take an LDAP server and "republish" as NIS. LDAP is authoratative and all changes must be made there (so you can't make your NIS map from NIS sources and expect the changes to propagate to LDAP). -- rgds Stephen