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Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox
From: lrr () Princeton EDU (Lawrence R. Rogers)
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:39:51 -0400
On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, der Mouse wrote:Maybe a good reason to join the crowd and not run NIS?I wish. It's clear to me that NIS is a big problem. But what else is out there? We have a definite need to share passwd databases across many machines, from multiple vendors, none of which we have source code to. How close to a solution can we get?A wild idea, straight off the top of my head: what about using the DNS mechanisms? Apologies if this has been suggested and flamed before... -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | dave () esi com au | VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC | PGP 2.6 Opinions expressed are mine. | E7 FE 97 88 E5 02 3C AE 9C 8C 54 5B 9A D4 A0 CD
Isn't that called hesiod? Larry Rogers Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 lrr () Princeton EDU Phone: 609-258-6483 FAX: 609-258-1020 NeXT and Sun Mail Happily Accepted
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- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Dave Horsfall (Apr 12)
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- Hesiod (was Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox) Dave Horsfall (Apr 17)
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- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Jas (Apr 15)
- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Dave Horsfall (Apr 12)
- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Julian Assange (Apr 20)
- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Michel Lavondes (Apr 24)
- Re: Obtaining NIS domainname from Gatorbox Matthew Bontoft (Apr 25)
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