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From: edward@csvaxa.UUCP (Edward Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: questions about big NFS-based network
Keywords: NFS, passwd, Yellow Pages, exports
Message-ID: <359@csvaxa.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 88 21:02:09 GMT
Reply-To: E.Wilkinson@massey.ac.nz
Organization: Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ.
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We're planning to connect over a thousand PCs to a central Unix server
in the near future and have a couple of questions regarding this.

1 -  in  such a  system which   may  have over   a thousand  users  in
/etc/passwd,  how does one  choose usernames? Try  to be meaningful or
just use a sequential number or something? What do sites out  there in
the real world do? Should we run YP? Any descriptions of experience in
any of these areas would be gladly welcomed.

2 - In an NFS environment where a user might operate  from more than a
single PC/workstation, how does  one control access  when /etc/exports
only restricts access on a per machine basis?

Any relevent ideas/case histories appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Ed Wilkinson @ Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ
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