I intend to install lustre file system on the systems. It does not support LDAP and need to have etc passwd/groups database. All file system clients need to have same passwd and groups so that UID and GID are the same when they contact file system server. So I am not sure, how will I manage this. Any suggestions? - CS. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:38 AM, John R Pierce<pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > 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 >