Copying over users without LDAP

[Kai Wollweber]

On Tuesday 06 May 2008 01:33:36 Krsnendu dasa wrote:
> Previously was using LDAP but now I am using the built in
> authentication for users. (I found it hard to get LDAP and samba
> working nicely in Hardy.)
> I want to test out one box in just one classroom by copying /home and
> user authentication information to the new box and rsyncing it daily
> with the box that serves the rest of the school. 

What is the authentication used on the main box? If it is linux with PAM you 
can use nis and nfs. There is no need of rsyncing password files and home 
dirs.

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Kai Wollweber
Integrierte Gesamtschule
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