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