I guess I missed this one. Thanks for bumping it up!
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Originally posted by www.unixsucks.com:
NIS? Huh? Very secure? Plain text passwords transmitted over wire for NIS database updates.
Uh, I don't know what you are smoking but plain text passwords are not transmitted over the wire with NIS. Encrypted passwords are, which if you don't enforce good password scheme can be sniffed and cracked, just like with Microsoft Domains/AD.
Now I can configure my Linux machines to authenticate to a multitude of authentication systems including NIS, NT Domains and others. Yes, if I choose to I can log into my Linux boxes using my NT domain ID/password using NT OR Linux PDC/BDCs as well as NIS/NIS+ and many other authentication systems. And I don't have to add third party software to do it. Hmm, seems Microsoft clients can only authenticate with Microsoft servers. Again, "Linux=versatility", "M$=boxed in".
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And I'm not trying to learn UNIX, I have enough of it after spending the whole day mastering pico.
Pico? What a loser! A two year old child can master Pico in 5 seconds not that anyone would use it when there are 20 other better editors available on any Linux distro so you can choose the one appropriate for your skill/comfort level. There are several (kedit, kwrite, kate, etc, etc) that are nearly identical to but far superior to the, what "2" editors included with Windows? But I prefer vim, something your little peanut brain could never comprehend if it takes you all day to learn something as simple as pico.
[ August 26, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]