Re: Hesiod?

[Monte Milanuk <milanuk nwinternet com>]

On 30 May 2002 20:04:28 -0700
Gordon Messmer <yinyang eburg com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 19:12, Monte Milanuk wrote:
> > http://www.linux.ncsu.edu/lug/linux-at-ncsu-faq/
> > 
> > Looks interesting.  How does something like this compare to NIS or
> > similar systems.  Anyone here able to comment on using this from
> > personal experience?
> 
> Nope, just that most of the world seems to be going to LDAP.  From
> that FAQ, Hesiod seems nice in that it runs in the DNS server, and you
> probably don't need an extra process.  On the other hand, a lot more
> software seems to support LDAP than Hesiod.
> 
> I just migrated from NIS to LDAP+Kerberos in my home network in
> preparation for doing the same thing where I work.  Works well :)

Hmmm...  I am in the process of setting up my home LAN server (I know,
I'm starting to feel like Sisyphus here, I keep starting over...) and I
was going thru and weeding out some extraneous RPMs that RedHats install
loaded me up w/.  I was going to rpm -e hesiod, but then thought it
sounded potentially useful for just that sort of thing on my LAN.  Now
it sounds like perhaps I will tube it and later set up LDAP if I'm
feeling up to it(long laundry list of other stuff first, though.)

Thanks,

Monte

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