Mike Coan wrote:
> Thanks very much for the quick reply. i looked in the
> manual, but didn't think to look in the FAQ. looks like the
> safer bet is just use the Samba client on the Linux desktop.
> The e-smith people have done such a good job with it, that I
> am reluctant to make all the changes necessary to add NFS
> anbd jeopardize the security and stability of the system.
Just to throw a small spanner in the works, the NFS HowTo that the NIS HowTo refers to doesn't seem to exist. However, the required e-smith RPM for NFS is there, and fortunately once you have NIS installed and running, almost any idiot (equalls me) can get NFS going as well.
The only reason I went ahead and installed NIS/NFS was to get LAN-wide authentication - something I've tried to find out how to do with Samba, but have repeatedly failed.
Based on my limited experience in Linux administration, it *seems* that if you install NIS the way E-Smith reccomends, any security problems should only be exploitable from your internal network... (I'm willing to be corrected on this)