Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (471 mails)

[Dan Sveen Olsen <danso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't know if this has been asked before, but I'll try anyway. And
please ignore this if you think it's not related to the topic of this
list. :)

I am going to do some testing with two computer (just for fun), both with
SuSE 7.0, and a firewall between them (OpenBSD 2.7). The first computer
will be accessed normally by users while the other one will be a NFS
server to the first one (ie. the users homes will be automounted from the
NFS server).

- Is it possible to filter the NFS trafic well?
- Do I need similar passwd/group/shadow/gshadow files on both computers?
- Is it possible to have the NFS computer as master password storage for
the first one?
- Can RADIUS be used to this (I know a PAM exist for RADIUS, but will it
fit my needs?)?
- Other alternatives? NIS? NIS+? Transfer the files by SSH on a regular
basis?

The main question would be: what alternatives exist if you want to share
user ids and passwords between two or more computers... and in a hopefully
secure way (ie. if you get root on one computer, you won't be able to get 
the whole password list from the master).

Have a nice day!

Dan Sveen Olsen