NISGINA vs NTDOM

Gerald Carter cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU
Fri Sep 18 20:38:57 GMT 1998


dan at Puma.draaw.net wrote:
> 
> Are there any pros or cons associated with using NISGINA 
> and leaving an NT server still on the network instead of 
> just replacing it entirely with NTDOM?  I'd like to let Samba 
> and the NIS domain assimilate the rest of the environment.

There are some inhereent problems with roaming profiles when 
using NISgina.  Also don't get logon scripts (you can work 
around this one OK though).

IMHO the NTDOM solution is better because it requires no client
modification. 



For what it's worth
j- 
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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