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- From: jdb@arp.anu.edu.au (John D. Barlow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Using rdist instead of NIS/YP?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 03:11:19 GMT
- Organization: Centre for Information Science Research, ANU, Canberra, Australia
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- In article <1992Dec11.211922.12767@alf.cooper.edu>, hak@alf.cooper.edu (Jeff Hakner) writes:
- |> Anyone out there using rdist instead of NIS/YP for passwd serving?
- |> What are your experiences & recommendations?
-
- I use it. Greatly recommended (ie: I haven't had any problems with it
- yet :-). I have npasswd installed, and a script that tells users if they
- are on the wrong host to change the password (and tells them to run
- npasswd on the other host, and also warns them of the time delay in
- propagating the new passwd file).
-
- I now use rdist to "mirror" disk partitions as well. I specify /usr/new
- (full of public domain software) and it trundles away copying to relevant
- hosts.
-
- I believe security is a concern, and you may want to get the latest rdist
- in source form (6.0.0 if memory serves me).
-
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- John Barlow, Parallel Computing Research Facility, Australian National
- University, I-Block, PO Box 4, Canberra, 2601, Australia.
- email = John.Barlow@anu.edu.au
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