Le 06/12/2020 à 16:35, Mark LaPierre a écrit : > > I've been told in the past that NIS should not be used because of some supposed > security issues. > > Can someone site any authoritative documentation concerning the security issues > extant in NIS? > > My plan is to set up NIS and NFS on my home network server where I plan to host > all the local home network /home directories. I'll use automount on all the > other nodes to mount up the home directories when a user logs on. The main problem with NIS is that logins and passwords circulate in clear-text over the network. I've written a detailed blog article about NIS on CentOS 7. Should work similarly on CentOS 8, since NIS didn't really evolve since: https://blog.microlinux.fr/serveur-nis-centos-7/ A secure alternative that's not much more difficult to setup is 389 Directory Server: https://blog.microlinux.fr/389-ds-centos-7/ This one works differently on CentOS 8 though. Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info at microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12