Subject: Re: NFS Under OS X (was Re: pre-asun2.1.4-39)
From: Aaron Faby (afaby@amermfg.com)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 22:04:58 EDT
Mac OS X won't be using /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow at all. What Mac OS X
uses is called NetInfo, which similar to NIS. Pretty much everything on
the system is handled by NetInfo, included user accounts, system services
(including NFS), etc. Its actually quite a nice system, but without some
sort of firewall it is quite insecure.
Aaron Faby
"Chris G. Sellers" <sellers@Oakland.edu> wrote:
> Netatalk still is the solution if your main account system resided on
> SystemV. (Solaris). There is still questions on using /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow across MacOS X
>
> > >
> > Then I guess we have to decide if it is worth it. Is it worth the
> > time or trouble to work on a protocol that may not be used in a year or
> > two? Of course, there are plenty of schools that will still be using OS
> > 8x and OS 9x.
> >
> > Still no word from Adrian. I'm sure he's busy with things more
> > important than the gripes of an overworked SysAdmin. But I'll let the
> > group know his answer to the question of a new version when I
> > know.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Aaron Faby wrote:
> >
> > > Yes it is indeed. I believe that Apple will be slowly phasing out AFP
> > > support in favor of NFS. AFP support will only be there initially for
> > > backwards compatibility.
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > JAReD <jbenedic@zoo.uvm.edu> wrote:
> > > > > >The other big questions is if Netatalk is fast becoming
> > > > > > irrelevant. So far, nobody has yet to give me a straight answer on
> > > > > > if Mac OSX can connect to linux / Unix machines via NFS.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have DP4 but in one of the publicly available pdf's from
> > > > Apple (sorry I don't have the link) it clearly stated that NFS WAS
> > > > one of the supported file sharing protocols.
> > > >
> > > > _jared
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> Sellers , Chris G.
> Scientific Programmer Analyst
> Information & Instructional Technology
> Oakland University - Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401
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