Hi Laurence, Thanks a lot. I'll take a look at how to set up a synclist file. I found:
http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/Sync-ing_Config_Files_to_Nodes/#the-synclist-file which looks like it talks about this. Thanks again, Steve On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Laurence Horrocks-Barlow < [email protected]> wrote: > xCAT doesn't manage the users it's self however provides postscripts to > help with this. > > For smaller clusters I would recommend using synclists to synchronise the > common passwd, group and shadow files. > > > > For anything larger LDAP or AD would be my recommendation (preferably in a > HA/sync’ed configuration) and then use postscripts to configure the LDAP > settings on the node. > > > > Kind Regards, > > *Laurence Horrocks-Barlow MBCS* > HPC Storage Architect > OCF plc > > *Tel:* +44 (0)114 257 2200 > *Fax:* +44 (0)114 257 0022 > *Web:* www.ocf.co.uk > *Blog:* blog.ocf.co.uk > *Twitter:* @ocfplc <http://twitter.com/#%21/ocfplc> > > OCF plc is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number > 4132533, VAT number GB 780 6803 14. Registered office address: OCF plc, 5 > Rotunda Business Centre, Thorncliffe Park, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PG. > > This message is private and confidential. If you have received this > message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. > > *"It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that > what you're attempting can't be done." * > *-- Sir Terry Pratchett* > > > > *From:* Stephen Cousins [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 19 June 2015 22:39 > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > *Subject:* [xcat-user] user management > > > > I'm curious about how users are managed in xCAT. I haven't been able to > find much information on the wiki. I have a Stateless cluster but the nodes > don't seem to inherit the user accounts that are on the management node. I > have the /home directory NFS mounted but it just shows the ID's instead of > usernames. > > > > Do I need to manually synchronize the node /etc/passwd, group and shadow > files? Or is it expected that LDAP is used? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > ------------------------------ > <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > -- ________________________________________________________________ Steve Cousins Supercomputer Engineer/Administrator Advanced Computing Group University of Maine System 244 Neville Hall (UMS Data Center) (207) 561-3574 Orono ME 04469 steve.cousins at maine.edu
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