Howdy,
Aside from using a (NIS?) server, does anyone have a recommended way to make UIDs match on more then one Box? basically we only have a few Linux boxes here, and networking (such as NFS) will be a whole lot easier if the UIDs match.
We will want the same users to have shells on each box.
Of course if I have to I'll just compare them one at a time and set 'em up that way, but I thought surely someone else has done this before.
Just curious if anyone had good ideas,
JW
NIS is insecure, NIS+ is difficult to configure and secure but doesn't have a decent NIS+ server on Linux (the NIS+ client works great). OpenLDAP (http://www.openldap.org) is difficult to configure and secure (with an ssl wrapper and/or localhost only bindings), but works great in Linux (and Solaris) as both a server or client. Try the pam_ldap module at http://www.freshmeat.net For a small shop, have one main server with all the info and have the clients feed off that. (Think DNS type of data distrubation). Hope that helps, Jack -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq