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Date:      Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:59:44 +0100
From:      Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>
To:        John Daniel <john@cell-works.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: automating password synchronization
Message-ID:  <3A706990.32540577@i-clue.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10101251242450.1897-100000@cell-works.com>

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John Daniel schrieb:
> 
> I have multiple Freebsd machines, Four  2.2.8 machines  and a new 4.2
> stable machine that are handling multiple functions( email, file serving
> with samba, web serving, etc. ) so I mave multiple password files and
> group files and versions of the user name. Forgeting samba for now What is
> the best way to synchronize the password files and group files so I only
> have to enter a user passwd ,group once when setting up a user. And
> maintain synchronicity when changing user info?

Have a look at NFS and NIS. "Managing NFS and NIS" by Hal Stern, ISBN:
0-937175-75-7 explains exactly how to get it done.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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