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From: tamir@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: The Yellow Pages service for a "distributed passwd file"
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Date: Thu, 16-Apr-87 15:58:28 EST
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Sun's Yellow Pages service seems like a reasonable solution
to the problem of managing accounts on a large number of machines.
However, over the past year I have seen several messages on
the net implying that the were serious problems with
the Yellow Pages and that many people have decided not to use
this service.  There are, of course, many people who are using it.

I would like to know what are the major problems with the use
of the Yellow Pages service for managing accounts on
a large number of machines.
I am particularly interested in hearing from people who had
the possibility of using the Yellow Pages service but decided against it.
Other comments (positive & negative) on the subject would be welcome as well.

If I get interesting responses, I will post a summary.

			   Yuval Tamir

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