topic Sync'ing Shadow Passwords in Operating System - HP-UX

Sync'ing Shadow Passwords

David Land — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:01:22 GMT

I have two systems that I need to keep their password files in sync. Right now I have the passwd file and the group file being copied over from the Production machine to the Stand by machine.

Can I do the same thing with the shadow password files when I implement this product?

Re: Sync'ing Shadow Passwords

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:12:24 GMT

Yes, that will work. This is rather Mickey Mouse when compared to the "right" way to this (e.g. LDAP) but your approach will work even if using a trusted system. You might look into using rdist to sync the files.

Re: Sync'ing Shadow Passwords

RAC_1 — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:13:36 GMT

In that case you will have to copy /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow too.

Anil