Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 16:36:14 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: Vinay Bannai <vinay@agni.nuko.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need a common passwd file among machines Message-ID: <335B6D50.4EBB@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> References: <199704200512.WAA16052@agni.nuko.com>
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Vinay Bannai wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I need a common passwd file that is shared by a FreeBSD machine, Linux > machine, Solaris and a SunOS machine. I do not want to use NIS. No the *same* file is impossible. > I thought of using rdist to distribute the passwd file among all these > machines but could not because some of them use shadow passwd files and > others don't. Also, I am not sure the passwd encryption is the same on all > these platforms. > > More generally, the reason I am using this approach is to make the > developement of code easier by using cvs. I have one machine exporting the > cvs source tree and others mount it. To keep the same uids, I need to > share the passwd files. Does anyone have a better suggestions? > 1. look at cfengine from GNU. you can geerate one passwd file from another, than distribute. 2. simolest method is to use kerberose > Thanks > Vinay
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