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On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Herbie Herbert wrote:
> Has anyone hit this one before. I'm trying to share my passwd and shadow files to multiple
> machines. I move /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to a common area and symlink them back to /etc. Then
> I symlink the other machines /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to the passwd and shadow files in the
> common area. All machines are trusted root on the shared area and everything works nicely.
I'm not sure what file sharing mechanism you are choosing.
However, I would first confirm that these files are not being
shared in cleartext. All someone needs to do is simply sniff
the network traffic and compromise the passwords that all of
your systems are sharing.
Whatever solution you choose, I recommend you include some type
of encryption, such as ssh or ssl.
lance
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