How to handle with users & password with a server and plently linux boxes?

Xeratul · 01-05-2007, 11:16 AM

/etc/group /etc/passwd ...
could we handle for instance via samba ... or anythg the passwords and groups ... on one machine that is automatically transfered on the other machines ?

I dont wanna change /etc/ stuffs on every linux machines everytime I had one user in the network

Has someone ideas?

thx

asommer · 01-05-2007, 11:29 AM

Sounds like you need a central authentication server. I'd suggest LDAP or NIS. Then you'd only have to point your Linux boxen to authenticate using the central server. Where'd you setup your users and stuff.

anomie · 01-05-2007, 03:02 PM

Also check out kerberos: http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/