Transferring users

[Kyle Faber]

On Tuesday 15 April 2003 10:10 am, Bob George wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 April 2003 09:45 am, Kyle Faber wrote:
> > =09I am trying to determine the best way to effectively copy the
> > /etc/passwd file from one machine to another.  I have read that you c=
an
> > not do this by merely copying the associated files, but is there some
> > method I can use to accomplish this idea?
>
> Are you MOVING the accounts, or you just want the same users to have ac=
cess
> to similarly named accounts on both machines? Reason I ask is that I've=
 got
> four PCs for my users (family), and I'm (testing) using NIS/NFS to allo=
w
> them to log into any of four separate PCs and have the same desktop
> settings.
>
> - Bob

=09The system in question is an authetication system.(radius)  I am tryin=
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create a backup machine for this system, but the users are based on PAM. =
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want to be able to take a snapshot of the users on system A at the end of=
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day and copy it over to system B in case A craps out.  NFS wouldn't work =
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this case if, for instance, the hard drive is the piece that craps out.

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Kyle Faber
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