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From: Matthew D. Fuller (fullermdover-yonder.net)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 23:21:37 CDT

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    On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:00:14PM -0700 I heard the voice of
    Samuel Chow, and lo! it spake thus:
    >
    > How about NIS? I use it at home with a total
    > of two machines and one users.

    NIS is a giant pain in the rump.

    I struggled with it for a while, and finally threw up my hands and just
    use rdist (over ssh) to distribute passwd and group files, and called it
    done. Haven't had a moment's trouble since. 

    -- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)     |    fullermdover-yonder.net
Unix Systems Administrator      |    fullermdfuturesouth.com
Specializing in FreeBSD         |    http://www.over-yonder.net/

    "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"

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