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Hello, we have a network of 100 or so machines, almost all Suns, but a
few are SGIs.  We are considering migrating to NIS+, for the security
and performance benefits.  By that I mean the NIS+ feature where
clients can have multiple masters and are therefore not hosed when
their master goes down, they can just use another one.  However, are
there any performance hits from NIS+ vs. NIS?

My main question though, is that since the SGIs are NIS only, if we
went to NIS+ we would have to run the NIS+ master(s) in YP
compatibility mode, which I understand would negate most or all of the
security benefits, OR we could have a separate NIS group, containing
*just* the SGIs.  However, I would still need to be able to share
files, particularly home directories, via the automounter, between the
NIS group and the NIS+ group.  Can I share the automounter maps
between an NIS master and an NIS+ master?

I would appreciate any pointers!  I hope I am making sense....  :)

Thanks a bunch,
                --eric
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Eric D. Hendrickson              Computational Biology Centers/Medical School
Senior Analyst/Programmer           University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
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We have a simliar situation in that we have a NIS domain for SunOS and
a NIS+ domain for Solaris 2.x machines.  Hourly we transfer the maps
(password, adjunct, group) to keep the two in sync.  The rest of the
maps are updated when the map changes.

By running NIS+ in yp compat mode you do loose some/alot of the
security aspects of NIS+.  There may be ways around some of them
though NIS+ groups, etc....

        -- Ray