Unique Authentication needs?

[David A. Bandel]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Ian Wilson <ian.m.wilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:44 AM, David A. Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you convert the vms/HPUX boxes to Linux?  The HPUX isn't all that
>> important, as it should support what I will propose below, but the vms
>> I don't know about.  Do all systems run X?  If so, I think you're
>> gold.
>
> I cannot convert the vms and HPUX boxes to linux.  On the VMS side,
> there is a financial application running that requires precision that
> I cannot replicate in Linux, and the HPUX application has a specific
> use as well, so those are in for the time being.
>
>> Here's what I would do (and have done in a school).
>> One server -- take your best/strongest system and make it a server
>> with everything needed running on it.  Install/configure X to give
>> remote logins.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't think that this is the solution -- some servers
> have Databases running on it (ugh, Oracle), some of the servers have
> custom-written applications on it, and some of the boxes are nothing
> more than overglorified number crunchers on it.

OK.  Can all do NFS mounts of /home and NIS for user logins?  This
would at least keep most of your chores on one system.

OTOH, the X option could still work depending on how you access the
various other systems.

While DBA'ing Oracle can be a PITA, it's not that bad.

You're still a bit sparse on what you have/need, but with the two
choices I've given you, one or both will probably work (assuming vms
supports NFS/NIS -- I know HPUX should unless it's an archaic version
like pre 7.x).

>
> Ian
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> Solving site load issues with database replication is a lot like
> solving your own personal problems with heroin -- at first, it sorta
> works, but after a while things just get out of hand.
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Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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