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diff --git a/system/nss-mysql/README b/system/nss-mysql/README deleted file mode 100644 index 03851e4a89..0000000000 --- a/system/nss-mysql/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -The NSS-MySQL name service switch library - -libnss_mysql retrieves user account information from a MySQL database server. -Per default stored in /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} on Unix-like systems. Which -(partly) is similar in functionality to NIS, LDAP, RADIUS, Hesoid, winbindd - -When used over a remote-network uttermost care should be taken in the security -of this (such as TLS/SSL encrypting the connection) and even then storing any -valid password for such 'virtual' users is probably a bad idea in itself. - -Kerberos provides for a far superior single-sign-on authentication system -(the 'shadow' part in these setups) in both performance and security. - -Besides, this may break stuff so bad you'd need console access to fix it... -For some basic installation instructions though see README.SLACKWARE |