Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:03:29 -0600 From: "Greg Stringfellow" <greg@prismnet.com> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Distributed Passwords Message-ID: <000601bd4627$08d83d60$a8fde6cd@maverick.prismnet.com>
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Used to be, when I had 500 customers my simple scripts for passing password information via SSH from computer to computer worked great. Now that I've got a few more customers (just one or two:) I want to either find possible a better alternative to copying or maybe better scripts before I go and re-invent the wheel. Basically, what I'm doing is copying user information from my main FreeBSD box to my other boxes (mail, web, etc). This script runs every 10 minutes and copies the master.passwd file over and installs it into the remote system. Only problem with this method is that you have only a single point to change passwd information. No good if that machine goes down. I've though about NIS, but it seems like I could be burned reall good with this one. I could be wrong however, it's been known to happen. So I was hoping that maybe somebody here might have some suggestions or examples they could share on this subject. Are there other secure alternatives to copying the master.passwd file between all machine? Does somebody have a turnkey script they would like to share? As always, any information is appreciated. Greg --- Greg Stringfellow President / Network Administrator PrismNet, Inc. - Austin, TX USA Office (512)418-1568 x25 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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