On Tuesday, 10. April 2007, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking into softupdate and have a question about password management. > > E.g. we have a slapd.conf file that needs a a password in it. Up till > now (not using softupdate) I fcopy the slapd.conf file on installation, > and then afterwards I put the password in it. > > If I would use softupdate and fcopy copies each time the template I > would have to edit it each time. > > But on the otherhand there shouldn't be any local modified files... so > you would have to put the passwords on the install server. But each > install server can be mounted from any machine that is hooked onto the > installation subnet... > > How are you handling passwords in your environment?
I've soon the same problem ;) I plan to look into cfengine2 to distribute these files. Alternatively try to patch fai-chboot to manage /etc/export: add on ip on add or enable. remove nfs export on fai-chboot -r. Achim > > Thanks in advance, > -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Rudy Gevaert [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:+32 9 264 4734 > Directie ICT, afd. Infrastructuur ICT Department, Infrastructure office > Groep Systemen Systems group > Universiteit Gent Ghent University > Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9, 9000 Gent, Belgie www.UGent.be > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- To me vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated. You discover truth everytime you use it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]