Re: etc passwd and groups file

[Seán O Sullivan <seanos@xxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/7/29 Carlos Santana <neubyr@xxxxxxxxx>:> I need to maintain a same user/group list on multiples systems. Can we> just copy the same passwd and groups file on all machines?> If we create a new user on one system then I will need to copy this to> all other systems. This is quite cumbersome. Any suggestions?
Go the directory route, OpenLDAP or CentOS Directory Server.
If there was some reason needed to stick with /etc/passwd and/etc/group, use puppet, cfeingine, or some other configurationmanagement system to manage your files.

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