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heygokul

01-03-2009 07:33 AM

how do servers manage client in linux

In windows we have active directory, what is used in linux to manage clients. If it were to make domains and forests in linux to linux clients, how can i do it?

n03x3c

01-03-2009 08:22 AM

You can use NIS and OpenLDAP for that...

heygokul

01-03-2009 01:03 PM

Any particular rpm for centOS

Should i look for any particular RPM in CentOS to get it working?

n03x3c

01-04-2009 03:18 AM

You need ypbind (NIS client) and ypserv (NIS server) packages... And more information about OpenLDAP server can be found on its website http://www.openldap.org/

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