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why not just use NIS?
Herbie Herbert wrote:
> Hey,
> 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.
>
> That is until you add a newuser using useradd. Then the link is broken and /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow are real files on the local system again. Does anyone have a better way to do this so
> that this doesn't happen?
>
> Herbie
>
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