Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 06:42:48 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@blinx.net> To: "Erik Sabowski" <airyk@sabowski.dhs.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Any way to have multiple machines share a single passwd file? Message-ID: <CCEOIFDFIDIGHEEMNANCGEBMCAAA.jslivko@blinx.net> In-Reply-To: <20010812062758.W43854-100000@sabowski.dhs.org>
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In short answer, yes there is. As for how to do it, I have not a clue. However, you might want to look up NIS, I think it does that. -- Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@blinx.net> Blinx Networks, Inc. http://www.blinx.net/ "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Erik Sabowski Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 6:31 AM To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Any way to have multiple machines share a single passwd file? I have finally gotten amd to mount my user directories correctly, which i realized that it's still a pain in the butt to have to maintain a separate /etc/passwd file for each machine. is there anyway to have all the machines use the /etc/passwd file on the machine that houses the user directories? erik To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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