Re: [LUNI] Symlinking /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

From: Steven Lembark (lembark@wrkhors.com)
Date: Sun Feb 04 2001 - 20:55:28 CST

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    > 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?

    vi /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/shadow; 

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