> Ken> Setting up NIS or NIS+ servers, slave servers and clients would be > Ken> another path that could be taken. rpgoldman wrote: >I've been trying to figure out at what point that becomes worthwhile. When all user home directories are on NFS filesystems, it is nice to have consistent "/etc" files exported by NIS/NIS+ for all client machines on the LAN. Beyond a certain rather low number of clients, the reduction of effort that using NIS/NIS+ results in will be greater than the effort of maintaining the NIS/NIS+ server(s), [slave server(s)] and clients. Another big factor is how often client machines and users are added or removed from the LAN; if this happens often, NIS/NIS+ becomes a significant labor saver even on a small LAN. Sincerely, Ken Fuchs <kfuchs at winternet.com> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list