From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id e4f2bcc5 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:08:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 971A2A22FB; Tue, 6 Nov 2018 03:08:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85EB2A2171; Tue, 6 Nov 2018 03:08:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8D2B4A21EC; Tue, 6 Nov 2018 01:44:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4517BA1FBC for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2018 01:44:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id E361535E0F0; Mon, 5 Nov 2018 07:44:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 07:44:04 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Grant Taylor Message-ID: <20181105154404.GA19335@mcvoy.com> References: <20181105034940.GE2660@mcvoy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181105034940.GE2660@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] YP / NIS / NIS+ / LDAP X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" OK, found some slides: http://mcvoy.com/lm/papers/lamed.pdf If your browser can't read the pdf (firefox failed for me), wget it or whatever and try a command line pdf viewer (mupdf worked for me). Happy to fill in the details if you have questions. On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:49:40PM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > I'm really tired (been crabbing all day and got 2 crabs, 7 pots, 5 hour soak, > got 2, sucked). > > And I know very little about LDAP. > > But I did do a sort of vnode/file system switch answer to this problem, > we called it lamed, I'll try and find you some docs in the morning. > > We built a server that could take requests in any form and spit back > the answer. My goal was to have a 200mhz MIPS server serve up this info > for the entire state of California, perform well, and work across reboots. > We pretty much did it. > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 01:51:08PM -0700, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience with YP / NIS / NIS+ / LDAP as a central > > directory on Unix? > > > > I'm contemplating playing with them for historical reasons. > > > > As such, I'm wondering what the current evolution is for a pure Unix > > environment. Read: No Active Directory. Is there a current central > > directory service for Unix (or Linux)? If so, what is it? > > > > I'm guessing it's LDAP combined with Kerberos, but I'm not sure. > > > > > > > > -- > > Grant. . . . > > unix || die > > > > > > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm