[ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

[Chris Rowson]

>  It did with NIS
>
>  I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the
> user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying
> it).
>  This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc
>
>  In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall moments, it was
> quite simple if you followed the guides.
>
>  If you dont want to edit the files, Bimble over to http://www.webmin.com/
> and have a look.
>  I found this the other day and you install it on the server machine to give
> you a web interface for pretty much everything.
>
>  If i had known about it at the beginning it would been easier to set the
> system up but at least i have managed to get some command line experience.

Hi again,

Fiddling with the command line doesn't bother me too much. I run some
Linux stuff (proxy and web servers) here as well as Windows so its not
too bad. Its just the time it takes to do it versus point and click
;-)

Chris