On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 18:19:04 +0100
Tomasz Kundera <tnkundera@???> wrote:

> 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 NIS is a bit outdated and Samba isn't that complex from a Linux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 It is outdated because?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.
>

I did say I am biased, but from my point of view, NIS, whilst it works,
is limited to what Samba provides, mainly because it can include what
is virtually a NIS server.

Rowland