Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:21:27 -0700 From: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ensuring the same group and user IDs Message-ID: <44FB4757.1090602@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <20060903170520.881cff2e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <44FB3488.4070607@enabled.com> <20060903170520.881cff2e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote: > > >> Hi there, >> >> How can I ensure the user and group IDs are the same between two systems >> without breaking things? >> >> Is it as easy to copy /etc/group and /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd >> between machines? >> > > Yes, but read the man page for pwd_mkdb first. Other than that, it works > fine. > > If you're going to be doing this on a larger scale, look into Kerberos or > similar. > > thank you kindly for your guidance. this is exactly the information I was looking for. cheers, noah
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