Hi there --
We use NIS on our site which is a mixture of HP-UX and Linux systems.
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From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ben McGinnes
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 2:50 PM
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Subject: Re: how many people still use NIS?
On 2/10/10 4:27 AM, Boris Epstein wrote:
> Hello listmates,
>
> I have discovered a very strange SFTP problem which I can not connect to
> anything but NIS thus far. See here:
>
>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/sftp-seems-to-fail-for-n
is-accounts-under-openssh-5-x-816020/
>
> http://readlist.com/lists/suse.com/suse-linux-e/38/193419.html
>
> Hence the question: is NIS (YP) still in use much anywhere for
> authentication?
Solaris still favours it, but mainly because Sun invented it. Most of
the rest of us don't bother. I certainly haven't seen it anywhere
except exclusively SunOS/Solaris based networks for ages.
Regards,
Ben
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