Wednesday, April 28, 2004

SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Netgroups are not just for NIS anymore. With recent advances in freely available LDAP client utilities, Linux administrators can now take advantage of some of the benefits of network groups without the overhead of maintaining a NIS server. In this article, I'll explain what netgroups are, and how they can help you get finer-grained control over your local system security. [NewsForge] LDAP is cool and managing users is even cooler. 6:40:48 PM    comment []  trackback []

Windows XP update delayed. Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, originally planned to ship in the first half of the year, will now at best be released in July. The major, security-focused operating system update doesn't yet meet Microsoft Corp.'s standards, a company spokesman said Wednesday. [InfoWorld: Top News] 6:24:30 PM    comment []  trackback []