centralized authetication NIS or LDAP

Hi,
Here is my case :

server - Fedora - FC2
clients ( total 15 ) - FC2 (KDE as Desktop)

1.Now i want to implement centralized authtication so all user logins
can be managed at server.
2.is it possible to autheticate squid users using NIS?
3.is it possible to store browser book marks ( Mozilla or Firefox)
using LDAP at server?

Can you please provide step by step details or Web links so i can do
it.
Is it better to use NIS or LDAP?

- thanks for your time
- Ravi
http://www.big2all.com/wordpress/

On 2005-05-15, ravi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> 2.is it possible to autheticate squid users using NIS?

Sure.

> 3.is it possible to store browser book marks ( Mozilla or Firefox)
> using LDAP at server?

Don't think so.

> Is it better to use NIS or LDAP?

Basically it's the same. The only differences is the kind of database
you use.

Davide

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On Sun, 15 May 2005 02:27:45 -0700, ravi wrote:

> Hi,
> Here is my case :
>
> server - Fedora - FC2
> clients ( total 15 ) - FC2 (KDE as Desktop)
>
> 1.Now i want to implement centralized authtication so all user logins
> can be managed at server.

Sure can. Either way will work - PAM to an LDAP backed or NIS/NIS+.

> 2.is it possible to autheticate squid users using NIS?

Yes. YP is apparently the option.

> 3.is it possible to store browser book marks ( Mozilla or Firefox)
> using LDAP at server?


Not sure that's possible. I think you're looking at replicating the
functionality that profiles bring under a Microsoft AD domain function.


> Is it better to use NIS or LDAP?

Horses for courses. I'm more familiar with NIS, but LDAP will work.

Saundo
--
Chris "Saundo" Saunderson (E-Mail Removed)
Unix/CCNA/CCDA Guy Powered by Linux and the Orb.

"ravi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Here is my case :
>
> server - Fedora - FC2
> clients ( total 15 ) - FC2 (KDE as Desktop)
>
> 1.Now i want to implement centralized authtication so all user logins
> can be managed at server.

Yes.

> 2.is it possible to autheticate squid users using NIS?

Yes.

> 3.is it possible to store browser book marks ( Mozilla or Firefox)
> using LDAP at server?

Does Firefox or Mozilla use LDAP? If so, then you can. It is just a
database.

> Can you please provide step by step details or Web links so i can do
> it.

Google is your friend. Try starting at tldp.org.

> Is it better to use NIS or LDAP?

Depends on what you mean by better.

NIS, NIS+, LDAP (in order of difficulty) can get the job you need done for
centralized user management and much more.

--
Wolf
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