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#! rnews 2090 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.nosc.mil!news!slartibartfast!huck From: huck@slartibartfast.nosc.mil (Craig Huckabee) Subject: Re: moving from NEXTSTEP to FreeBSD Message-ID: <1996Jun26.133356.19833@nosc.mil> Followup-To: sender Sender: huck@nosc.mil Organization: NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA References: <4qnq9f$i2g@handel.jlc.net> <4qp1g0$id8@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:33:56 GMT Lines: 35 In article <4qp1g0$id8@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu> wrote: >Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Jason T. Nelson >(jason@news.jlc.net) had the courage to say: > >: We'll be in the process of moving our last big NEXTSTEP (Intel) machine >: from NEXTSTEP to FreeBSD (after much prodding). Problem is, it contains >: a sizable password file in it's NetInfo database (for those who may not know, >: it's NeXT's proprietary NIS-like distributed database). I can export the Not to pick nits, but more like NIS+ because it has more of a hierarchy then plain old NIS - IMHO. And its not a NeXT product - some third party produced NetInfo and NeXT licensed it - you can in fact get NetInfo for HP-UX, Solaris, SunOS, and more. Which brings a new question up : would there be any interest in a version of NetInfo for FreeBSD? Just thinking out loud, Craig > >-- >============================================================================= >-Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu >Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research >Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City >============================================================================= > "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." >=============================================================================