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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
Yes, the permissions will be identical, so only a notional difference within the system. much better to have seperate uid's with a common gid.
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thanks. I am really not trying to share any permissions via the uid/gid. This system will be partially automated when complete. The automatic part will include generating user accounts and this will need to be done on both machines. My fear is that an innocent user with root permissions (a.k.a manager) might install a tool or create a user on the side on just one box that will screw up the symmetry between the 2 machines. The home directories are being replicated via drbd but I can't do that with the passwd/group files. I am sure there is probably an NIS or other solution but I admit I know nothing about that stuff, I am not really a full admin and as usual I have a tight deadline.
Any ideas other than sending out mail saying don't create users or install software on these machines?
regards,
Doug