On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 04:49, you wrote: > Paul, > > > Now is the time to make sure that you're assigning the same person the same > UID and GID values across your systems. As time goes on, and you want to > do things like use NFS, etc., this will become rather important. If you > already have other Linux or UNIX systems in your shop, you should > investigate to find out if they're doing this already, and if so, use the > UID and GID they have for any users you might have in common. > > > The files that are involved in this are: > /etc/passwd > /etc/shadow > /etc/group > /etc/gshadow > > > Make sure you only copy the selected records necessary, and not the whole > file.
Rather than using those files, best to coordinate the information with the yp* packages or (possibly, I've not investigated it) an LDAP server or equivalent. Sure as pigs is pigs, those files will get discoordinated in about 0 seconda. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
