Re: Samba and Win95/98 drive mounts

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx>]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Or LDAP.  I think you gain alot of ancillary benefits
> by choosing LDAP over NIS.

Yes, but what I'm looking for is a way for an LDAP server to
transparently support NIS clients (that don't have an LDAP option). 
I'm also interested in how LDAP can be used to distribute
automounter map and other service info.

> I wrote a LDAP->NIS replicator for supporting old UNIXs
> that don't understand LDAP.
> http://ldapconsole.sourceforge.net

First off, I will _definately_ check this out.  Secondly, the only
solution I've seen for "transparent" NIS client support was a costly
commercial one (cannot remember the company).

-- TheBS

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