Todd Cary wrote: > Thanks to the encouragement of some people on this list, I am using > rsync to synchronize two servers: one is a backup to the other in case > the primary one fails. By hand, I inserted the names of the users on > the primary server into the backup server. So, now all works well. > > /usr/bin/rsync -av -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/ > > My question is what would happen if the users were not on the backup They just get set to the UID/GID of the source server. > server? > > Is there anyway to have the users automatically inserted into passwd > and group? I'd investigate NIS to fix this issue. Thanks! Mark Schoonover IS Manager American Geotechnical - California, Nevada and Arizona V-> 858.450.4040 F-> 714.685.3909 C-> 858.472.3816