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Works well with NFS (for sharing the actual files)

pjc50
– pjc50

2011-04-11 13:04:00 +00:00
Commented Apr 11, 2011 at 13:04
Yes, use NFS to make user home directories available on all servers, plus whichever other directories you need to share.

dr-jan
– dr-jan

2014-03-10 16:48:09 +00:00
Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 16:48
does NIS work with Windows clients?

knocte
– knocte

2016-03-07 11:10:29 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2016 at 11:10
NIS doesn't work with Windows clients - you'll need Active Directory for that.

dr-jan
– dr-jan

2016-03-07 17:01:16 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2016 at 17:01

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