Network authentication for UNIX and Linux

[Richard Pieri]

On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> 
> Windows uses "Active Directory" for domain management. If you don't know 
> what that is, its Microsoft's domain system that was rewritten around a 
> set of services with ldap.

Where "services" equals "MIT Kerberos".

> What would be the equivalent under UNIX/Linux? Is NIS the standard, if 
> so, really?!?

It would be Kerberos.

--Rich P.