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NIS Migration and Interoperability

Provides an overview of NIS and explains the benefits of using DirectControl's NIS service to manage UNIX identities centrally through Active Directory.

 

Running Time: 34 min

Topics Covered

  • What is NIS?
  • DirectControl's NIS Service
  • Why use DirectControl's NIS?
  • Applications that Still Use Netgroup & Automount
  • NIS Data Stored and Managed in Active Directory
  • Secure Transmission of Data
  • Data Migration to the DirectControl NIS Service
  • Multiple NIS Domains
  • Agentless Mode
  • Intelligent Data Migration
  • Deployment Scenarios
  • Netgroup Management
  • Efficient NIS Map Updates from Active Directory
  • Multi-Platform Support

Presenter:
Mike Patnode, Vice President of Technology
Mike Patnode was previously a Vice-President and Architect in Wells Fargo's Risk Systems group, designing authentication, security and fraud detection systems. Mike has 20 years of Unix experience, helping to develop and deliver three major releases of the Unix operating system and has made numerous contributions to the Open Source community.

Moderator: CEO Tom Kemp

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