At 09:44 AM 9/16/98 +0300, you wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I've got the following problem:
>
>I have a dial-in server, with, lets say, 200 user accounts. I want to set
>up another machine, with another 100 accounts (==> another server). I need
>a software which searches the first server for this user, and if it does
>not find him(her) there, it searches the second server.
>
>Does anyone know about such a software, and if so, where could I found it,
>and what is your opinions about it? Does it have support (newsgroups,
>mailing lists,...)?
Perhaps NIS is what you want.
Here is the HOWTO: http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO-2.html
Here is a quote:
" NIS stands for Network Information Service. Its purpose is to provide
information, that has to be known throughout the network, to all machines
on the network. Information likely to be distributed by NIS is:
login names/passwords/home directories (/etc/passwd)
group information (/etc/group)
So, for example, if your password entry is recorded in the NIS passwd
database, you will be able to login on all machines on the net which have
the NIS client programs running. "
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Matt Easton
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