Sync passwords across systems

[iSeriesCodePoet]

At home I now have 3 linux servers running. Is there a way to sync the passwords to all three servers so I don't have to change all three if I want to change my password?

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[thedaver]

OK, you could go way nutty and use LDAP for a centralized database and one point of maintenance. However, that's a big PITA for a home install.

You could script your way to happiness with a public-key SSH session on each box making a call to "passwd". Needs one box to be a central point of administration to make the SSH calls out.

Someone else here might have a yet more elegant way of approaching this.

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[unixfreak]

NIS would be the traditional way to go for this.

Cheers

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

So either do a script for remote calls or what about copying the password (shadow) file to each system?

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[unixfreak]

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/

Cheers

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

Thanks unixfreak!

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