Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 23:08:06 -0800 (PST) From: SACBBX <rdugaue@netcom.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Help! PWs and other woes Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9503072245.A1125-0100000@netcom11>
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I have 3 FreeBSD machines netted. I'm trying to get synced passwords across all three machines without having to resort to NIS. I have one machine we'll call the main one. If I copy master.passwd to other another machine then invoke vipw and cause it to rebuild shouldn't the PWs now be synced? This doesn't appear to be the case on my systems. All the passwords quit working on the second machine. I have to invoke single user mode to even get into the system. Taking a suggestion that I possibly didn't have securedist properly installed on the main machine, I copied /etc to a backup dir and re-installed bin, then secure. Copied the /etc backup back. Whamo, now my main machine's passwords are invalid! I have backups of master.passwd, but they do no good. It's almost as if the machines are using entirely different encryption algorythms. What can I do? How do I save from having all my users redo their passwds??? This is a big problem. Also, when upgrading to a new version, I think the extract file should WARN the operator that it's about to wipe out all your /etc custom configs as well as your passwd stuff! I got bit on this once already and had to have all the users redo their passwords. Making them do it a second time will cause major problems and probably some lost customers. HELP!!!!!
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