[Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 07/11/2012 12:34 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 7/11/2012 12:13 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> The issue is we must convert from NIS, and LDAP is the only solution and
>> it is imposed on me. Eventually we will move to a different
>> authentication as we get more integrated.
>
> So what?  It's trading one directory service for another.  You still
> get login names, UIDs and GIDs.  They'll just be served from an LDAP
> directory instead of NIS maps.
>
True except that the LDAP servers are in Ottowa and the NIS server is
local in the rack. Secondly, unless I can convince IT to create a
separate LDAP group for Boston, I will have to change all the uids and
gids on our servers. Fortunately all files are on a single NAS.

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