> I'm personally not familiar with Hesiod, but as long as it can co-exist 
> with YP ...... :-)

Hesiod is just another way of distributing databases like /etc/passwd,
/etc/services, /etc/groups, and so on.  It uses DNS, which is (IMHO)
slightly more robust and less easily subverted than NIS, and doesn't
claim to provide authentication (authentication is Kerberos's job), so
as part of a complete system, I think it's a much better solution.  It
certainly has a smaller installed base than NIS, though.

			       _MelloN_