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From: ochanco@calweb.com (Chris Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: NIS like SUNOS ?
Date: 23 Dec 1995 00:20:31 GMT
Organization: CalWeb Internet Services, Inc.
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I'am looking to get NIS working on a group of FreeBSD PC's.
The Users are now using Sun IPX's running SUNOS 4.1.3 with a sparc 2
server, the IPX's mount /export/home via NFS and use NIS.
This the allows users to sit at any IPX and use one password and
see the same home directory.
They use Xterms to talk to MANY differnt systems via tcp/ip.
So other then some custom openwin menus the porting should be no problum.
The group is moving to a new location and will be given 486 PC's I
would like to install a FreeBSD network that works like the OLD network.
I have SUNOS DOCs and my question is how much different is FreeBSD
NIS from the SUNOS version? Can I use a SPARC 2 as a NIS server for
FreeBSD.
I understand the as of 2.0.5 that FreeBSD can be used as a NIS server
and client.
Chris Hancock
ochanco@pacbell.com