[NTLUG:Discuss] NIS no longer developed?

[Tom Adelstein]

cjcox at acm.org wrote:
> Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> 
>> Hello all:
>>
>> If I look at the Linux NIS homepage, it looks like the product
>> is no longer being developed.  Is that true?
> 
> 
> Probably not developed since it is complete.  Where do you think it
> needs to go?  Granted an good automounter still needs
> some development work, but that's a side tool often integrated
> with NIS deployments... but not a part of NIS.
> 
>>
>> If so, what replacement are people using to centralize
>> password management in a mixed environment (Linux and
>> Windows)?
> 
> 
> IMHO, NIS works, and the others don't.  Oh.. you can
> spend several months getting OpenLDAP to work, but
> certainly not across the enterprise (all Unix/Windows/etc.)
> and the schemas are under HEAVY flux and will continue
> to be so for at LEAST another year or so (that from
> Gerald Carter).  Vendors are still trying to 0wn LDAP
> instead of working on interoperability.  If you're
> all Linux... then you're choices are wide open... if
> you're a mixed environment, then I prefer NIS + Samba + PAM + ssh
> for single sign on and single platform account management without
> the primary NIS security flaw (exposed DES encrypted
> passwords).
> 
> Anyone who has gone through the pains of LDAP conversion
> more than once (due to the schema changes) will tell you
> they're sick of the changes.  Would be nice to see things
> settle down, but even then, will it integrate seemlessly
> with Microsoft Active Directory??
> 
> LDAP... new technology, many security flaws, immature.
> Anyone recommending this over NIS hasn't really analyzed
> the tech too closely.
> 
> I probably stand alone in this boat in the Linux community.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris
> 
> 
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Chris,

I recognize your extensive expertise in this area.

I just have a problem with your absolutes "anybody" "immature" 
especially in light of the IMHO (in my humble opinion).

I've developed in places where LDAP works fine and the admins love it.

I've suggested NIS in other places and the people hated it.

Afterall, you like SuSE. How can anyone really trust your opinion?

(Joking...joking...joking). <grin><grin><grin>.

The only thing I'm saying is that I've seen lots of different opinions 
on it.

Personally, I like NIS in smaller environments.