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Network authentication for UNIX and Linux



On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> 
> Windows uses "Active Directory" for domain management. If you don't know 
> what that is, its Microsoft's domain system that was rewritten around a 
> set of services with ldap.

Where "services" equals "MIT Kerberos".

> What would be the equivalent under UNIX/Linux? Is NIS the standard, if 
> so, really?!?

It would be Kerberos.

--Rich P.







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