[SOLVED] How do we access NIS and NSP

yue2001 · 12-04-2011, 12:16 PM

If I am not mistaken, both NIS and NSP come with OpenLDAP. After installing OpenLDAP in our system, how do we access NIS and NSP. For that matter, do we also need to install them again after we install OpenLDAP?

Thanks in advance.

acid_kewpie · 12-04-2011, 12:42 PM

You are very very mistaken, sorry. Firstly I've not a clue what "NSP" is, what are you referring to? as for NIS, NIS is a very old semi centralized user management system, which is basically obsoleted by ldap and similar modern systems. Outside of simple study, NIS / NIS+ really has no place in a modern environment. If you have openldap installed then that will do everything you probably want using pure ldap principles.

yue2001 · 12-05-2011, 01:04 PM

Sorry. My mistake. It is not NSP, but NFS. So how do we access and install the NFS after installing OpenLDAP?

Sorry. My mistake.

acid_kewpie · 12-05-2011, 01:19 PM

so NFS and OpenLDAP have, again, nothing in common. They coincide, by which I mean a centralised server would contain files owned by users on a centralised user database, but they operate in total isolation and just happen to be useful when combined.

You'd probably get more useful answers if you asked more specific questions TBH.

yue2001 · 12-06-2011, 02:54 AM

Thank you very much. : )