[CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

Fri Oct 7 07:16:28 UTC 2011
John Hodrien <J.H.Hodrien at leeds.ac.uk>

On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Steve Rikli wrote:

> Well, somewhat.  E.g. my NIS master doesn't need to publish a "passwd"
> map in order to provide "auto.home" map or whatever, and I don't need
> a "lookup" account to get at the required data in the case of NIS.

You could have LDAP that only contained automounter information and you can
allow anonymous binds.  I don't think you're losing those options.

> Thanks for the discussion & sharing the benefits of your experience,
> John -- much appreciated.

No problem,

jh