http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/How_to_setup_and_maintain_Open LDAP_server_for_your_network
this site has a very good howto on how to get started with ldap and how to migrate existing users in from NIS/passwd+shadow
scping the files around works but unless you use pass-phraseless keys it can be a pain. There is also a /etc/gshadow file to copy.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:39 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] etc passwd and groups file
Carlos Santana wrote:
Hi,
I need to maintain a same user/group list on multiples systems. Can we just copy the same passwd and groups file on all machines? If we create a new user on one system then I will need to copy this to all other systems. This is quite cumbersome. Any suggestions?
the old fashion way of doing this was NIS ... but I'm with everyone else
in saying go with LDAP directory services, and further, use a NFS automount for their home directories. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos