[olug] Linux, Networks and NFS/NIS

[Mac Petras]

> Bill Brush wrote:
> > I don't know if it would help you but we have probably half a dozen
> > "production" Linux boxes here and we've never had a traffic problem
traced
> > back to them.
>
> Ditto here. Do you really need NFS or NIS at all? If not just remove
> them from the equation. She can't resist if there's nothing to resist.
> -grin-
>
> We've had a lot of production Linux since 2000 (and a mail server for
> years before that, installed and maintained by our then ISP). On the
> distro front, RedHat 9.0 has recently torked our admins over to
> Slackware. Other than that it's been smooth sailing on Linux & Perl,
> saving us hundreds of thousands of dollars in software licensing.
>
> j

Just out of curiosity, what about RH9 "torked" your admins?
Not that we have much (if any choice) since it's the "official"
distro used by our parent company......but I'd be interested
in any issues......
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