On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:36, John P. Looney wrote:
> Would you mind using /etc/passwd instead of an /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow ? That's what NIS means. It's simple, it's fast and it's
> supported.
Well i would.
> If you have security concerns, I'd say spend the time hunting down the
> guy running crack on your password files, rather than spend the time with
> Kerberos. But that's just me.
Yes i do have security concerns, but that's just me :)
Thanks to everyone who replied, i've got enough info to start on
something.
Steph
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