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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