I ultimately want to go the LDAP route, but I'm having issues with our
security folks on the 'native' Linux IDs, and things installed by vendor
software such as DB2. They are fine with things that conform to our z/OS
ID's and passwords... but this left field stuff is causing them pain.
For my own sanity and consistency, I was hoping that I could simply copy
/etc/shadow and /etc/password to a new system and have a common base of
users and process ID's in place until such time as I can resolve the LDAP
requirements with those who control security.
Adam Thornton
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On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 08:24, James Melin wrote:
> What is the best method to duplicate the user list, GID/UID assignments
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> users on multiple Linux guests and keep them consistent?
NIS is the traditional way to do this, but I find it to be a pain. Many
sites prefer to keep user information in an LDAP directory, which also
has its issues but if you use an encrypted transport isn't too bad, and
interoperates a lot better with Active Directory and RACF. There's no
really *easy* way to do it, though.
Adam
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