[NTLUG:Discuss] NIS no longer developed?

[Tom Adelstein]

neil at JAMMConsulting.com wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> If I look at the Linux NIS homepage, it looks like the product
> is no longer being developed.  Is that true?
> 
> If so, what replacement are people using to centralize
> password management in a mixed environment (Linux and
> Windows)?
> 
> Thanks,
>     Neil
> 
> 
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Neil, for the most part people have gone to OpenLDAP or one of the other 
LDAP directory services. Open source people use Open LDAP. Many tools 
exist to accomplish the same type of network and ip and user mappings 
but with tight security.