Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:08:53 -0500 From: stas khromoy <stas@edpausa.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: replicating /etc/passwd on a failover machine Message-ID: <458C1125.20307@edpausa.com> In-Reply-To: <20061220184602.GB30425@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <458964AB.2080400@edpausa.com> <20061220184602.GB30425@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 thanks for the help guys ! Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:28:27AM -0500, stas khromoy wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> hey folks >> >> we are working on building a failover server. >> now everything is going along pretty nicely. (knock on wood) >> >> so the question of the day. >> is there a way to replicate the password files ? >> >> i doubt that just copying over /etc/passwd and master.passwd will work . > > Almost. You just need to make sure database stuff is updated properly. > Check out pwd_mkdb(8) and vipw(8) and man master.passwd and man passwd. > > ////jerry > >> thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBRYwRJNbpM15f9s9nAQI4fQP9FR2s+YClP9fWLN1uBHH/0gBr6zl2ai6S tIMNCav8rfj+xZlWJiN723WBp5U9O3msv7edHD1jPUfkVblZOp096jI976nYfE1D vVvaQ5qAtTk3zJ/SsgKkusOIG6J1WCmif+WY26VBEkHLLkIvUI3AeCPyygRtbdyv Kg4YsT4IlJk= =IlD/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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