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[Rene_17]

How can i use a passwd file for all server ?
I noticed that copying the passwd for to all server don´t work, because the encryption base is not the same !
I need this information, because the NIS is not working anymore and I don´t know why. So I wanted to set up the user accounts local to all machines.

Regards,

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Rene,

Could you give some error messages in relation to your NIS errors ?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Rene_17]

The NIS Problem I have posted !

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=687070

Im interesting in solving the problem with the passwd file !
How can I use one file for all systems ?

Regards,

Rene

[Rene_17]

Can I copy one passwd file to all servers ?
After I copied the passwd to all servers I notized that the passwords are corrupted !
The accounts aren t working any more. When I modify the passwort on the new machine, the hash-key don´t look like the same as on the main server from which the passwd was copied !

Regards,

Re

[Shine_5]

hello,


you should copy /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file to the new server.

shine

[Rene_17]

I have no shadow file ?

[Marcel Boogert_1]

Hi there,

I think what you are looking for is the rdist tool. You "can" make copies of the passwd file to other servers with rdist. Just read the manual page for it.

MB.

[Sunil Sharma_1]

copy of password file will work.
there will not be any problem of encryption.

if you are haveing shadow password product installed then you have to copy /etc/shadow alongwith /etc/passwd file.


Sunil