Samba x NIS x LDAP in a pure client/server Linux env

Hi,

I have to mount a laboratory with pure Linuxes (clients and servers).
What's the better solution for user authentication server?
1- Samba Server
2- NIS/NFS
3- LDAP
I need Linux clients to connect to Linux server for user authentication
and to map automatically the network home dir.

NIS/NFS is old and works, but is a BIG pain to work with. The setting up
portion is fairly straight forward. Build the NIS maps, configure the
clients to point to a server, setup the domain names, and pus the maps out.
The problem comes up when there are timeouts on the network, and stale file
handles with NFS.

Samba works great for me. I have my Windows and my UNIX clients
authenticating. But then my UNIX clients are RedHat Linux 9 and come out of
the box with SAMBA authentication.

I haven't worked with LDAP authentication in this sort of environment, but
I've heard it's probably the most flexible and has the greatest growth
potential.

Good luck.


"Edilmar Alves" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have to mount a laboratory with pure Linuxes (clients and servers).
> What's the better solution for user authentication server?
> 1- Samba Server
> 2- NIS/NFS
> 3- LDAP
> I need Linux clients to connect to Linux server for user authentication
> and to map automatically the network home dir.
>