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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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