[Discuss] Moving servers from NIS to LDAP

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 07/11/2012 02:57 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>> 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.
> That sounds like a lot of extra latency for looking up simple things
> (i.e UID -> username mappings i.e. "ls -l").  I don't know if local
> caching is included the standard LDAP/NSS setup, but I would check
> myself to be sure.
>
> Good Luck,
> Bill Bogstad
>
>

I would be setting up local caching. My issue right now is (either use a
Boston LDAP group, or merge with Toronto - not my decision).

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