On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:40 PM Rowland Penny <rpenny@???> wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 14:28:25 +0100
> Tomasz Kundera <tnkundera@???> wrote:
>
> > You can still use NIS if you don't need the power (and complexity) of
> > samba.
> >
>
> NIS is a bit outdated and Samba isn't that complex from a Linux point
> of view.
>

It is outdated because? It works, at least in simple cases. The choice
depends on your needs. Samba is not needed everywhere and yes, it is more
complex then a simple NIS installation.
I do not suggest that samba is a bad choice. It depends on the needs as I
have written above.

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Tomasz Kundera