User Root Access - What are these

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  1. Wackery, Sep 22, 2016

    Wackery macrumors 6502a

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    Hello,

    I was reading about Dropbox having root user access, so i decided to check my root user access settings in my directory utility. I've noticed these 3 services active. Can someone explain what is this LDAP and NIS?
    Are these default services, or should I be concerned.

    What are the exactly?
     

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  2. mfram, Sep 23, 2016

    mfram macrumors 65816

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    LDAP and NIS have to do with user authentication over the network. These are typically used in the corporate environment if your Mac is set up for network authentication.
     
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  3. Wackery, Sep 23, 2016

    Wackery thread starter macrumors 6502a

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    I'm not tho, would there benany harm switching them off?
     
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