worst Linux moment

[Tim Writer]

Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> writes:

> I have been trying over and over to get my head around OpenLDAP in the hopes
> of using it for central authentication of all clients and then mounting a
> user's home off on NFS mounts but I just can't seem to figure out how to do
> despite reading how-tos. I've got a much better understanding of LDAP and NFS
> then I used to but I can't seem to pull it all together to make it happen.
> 
> I have torn apart and am about to rebuild by test network yet again and I am
> hoping that some people here who have actually implemented centralized
> networking could let me know what they use and, if possible, how.

If you aren't worried about security (i.e. a LAN of "trusted" users protected
by a firewall) and you don't need to authenticate MS clients using the same
authentication protocol, use NIS.

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