On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 09:29 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 12:22:47AM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 00:16 -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > > > > > How are you distinguishing local users from any other kind? > > > > Local users are the ones you get by reading /etc/passwd. > > As somebody recently explained on this list, and I have seen done in > practice as well, some NIS files are periodically synchronized to > local machines; /etc/passwd in particular. This is done to have at > least some functionality if NIS went away for a moment. > > People using such tactics, and with a bigger /etc/passwd, will be > for a surprise. I am doing the converse: I keep all network-wide users (== all "ordinary users") in NIS and only have a very small set of local users :) Ralf -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
