>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:35 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Whiteman, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess my point is, if I deploy from a "gold" image, I'll probably > want to change passwords on the various clones. If I put patches/fixes > onto my "gold" image and want to redeploy it, I'll go back to the > original passwords. So, when I redploy, could I simply take a backup of > the /etc/passwd, group, shadow and copy them back over the original > members that existed on the "gold" image ?
Yes. Or, you could use public-private key pairs and not even worry about passwords. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
