[Beowulf] Fwd: NIS limitations question

[Dan Stromberg]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 12:17 -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:

> I have deep admiration for DNS, and quite a lot of scorn for 
> various other systems that try to do similar things, poorly.
> for instance, LDAP works, but that's the best you can say for it.
> imagine if the LDAP folk had thought of how to use DNS as a 
> directory infrastructure (but alas, they were x500 recidivists ;)

LOL.

I'll take LDAP over Hesiod for almost anything.

But everyone has a right to their opinion. :)