Re: Request for information

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Wouldn't the best solution then be to run the Cluster Users and Groups
module on machine A, but not have machine A in the list of hosts to
manage users on?

 - Jamie

Rob...@co... wrote:
> 
> Jamie - let me state my question another way.  I have a machine (Machine A)
> that I want to use as
> my user master for all user/group accounts but I do not want to give each
> user an account on Machine A.
> With the Synchronize users and groups button can I sync up all the users
> from files other than the system
> /etc/passwd files and such. And have the slaves update correctly into their
> /etc/passwd files and such.
> 
> Bob Teeter
> 
> Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...>@lists.sourceforge.net on 02/12/2002
> 04:30:14 PM
> 
> Sent by:  web...@li...
> 
> To:   Rob...@co...
> cc:   web...@li...,
>       Joh...@co...
> Subject:  Re: Request for information
> 
> Rob...@co... wrote:
> >
> > James -  on Cluster Useradmin is it possible to use alternate files for
> the
> > system /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group.
> >
> > I have a master distribution box that I would prefer to use as the master
> > user machine but I don't want to add an account for each user
> > on this box.  Can the code for cluster useradmin have a module setup that
> > allows you to specifiy what files to use for user control.
> 
> You can do this by adjusting the module config of the Users and Groups
> module on the 'slave' machines, because the cluster module on the 'master'
> server actually just calls functions from that module on the remote server
> ..