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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbreeder.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Sharing Administrative Info Date: 21 Feb 1997 17:00:29 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5el9ed$3c8$1@Venus.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.mcs.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35937 The basic question is, does every FreeBSD machine stand alone in terms of its usernames, passwords, etc? Or can a group of FreeBSD machines share this administrative data so that one may login to any one of an arbitrary number of machines in a group without difficulty? Let's assume that all the machines in the group are identically configured. Can password changes, new users, etc, be propogated to all machines easily, or can a machine be designated as a master for this information? Or must all machines stand pretty much by themselves? I'm used to NetInfo, not with NIS/yp/etc, but I think we all understand the general idea. Is there a "good" way to achieve this effect? Symlinks from NFS-mounted admin info to /etc/passwd equivalents? Feel free to send me to a FAQ or a FreeBSD man page if needed. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.