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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.telstra.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!xfer.kren.nm.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.webspan.net!usenet From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Sharing Administrative Info Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 21:36:10 -0500 Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 30 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970221213509.26795L-100000@dolphin.inna.net> References: <5el9ed$3c8$1@Venus.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.inna.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <5el9ed$3c8$1@Venus.mcs.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35959 On 21 Feb 1997, Font wrote: > 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. > > Look at Managing NIS/NFS by O'Reilly and Associates (www.ora.com). NIS is what you're looking for. Jamie Bowden Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.