2014-01-28 Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se> > Hi all, > > We're getting to a point in our linux environment where it's starting to be > cumbersome to keep shadow and passwd-files up-to-date for the users to > login > on each computer. Scripts can only get us so far. 8-/ > > I've looked a bit into central login systems for linux, and NIS and LDAP > seem > to be prevalent. NIS being the simpler-to-setup solution for small to > medium > networks as I understand it, while LDAP is the more modern and scalable > solution. > See eg http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/NIS.html or > > http://sysadmin-notepad.blogspot.se/2013/06/nis-server-setup-on-rhelcentos.html > . > > NIS-wise, what is a "small to medium network"? > We have currently about 20-30'ish linux clients and servers, and the > environment is not likely to increase much beyond this point. > Is a 30ish-computer setup, a small network? > > The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me to > keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to > administrate. NIS seems to be able to do that. > > Comments and insights are much appreciated! > > -- > BW, > Sorin > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # Sorin Srbu, Sysadmin > # Uppsala University > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry > # Div of Org Pharm Chem > # Box 574 > # SE-75123 Uppsala > # Sweden# > # Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 > # Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > # Web: http://www.orgfarm.uu.se > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > # /\ > # > # This message was not sent from an iProduct! > # > # MotD follows: > # Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the > ones in movies. -Bill Bulko > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Use IPA. It combines LDAP with Kerberos, a server-client environment is easily setup and the documentation (RHEL deployment) is very helpful.