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 at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos