From: Steven Langdale (Langdale_Steven@PERKINS.COM)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 11:24:01 EDT
The problem with cl_chpasswd is that you need to be root to run it - doable
with sudo though.
What it won't catch is users that need to change their password upon login
when it expires.
I use rsync to sync passwords across various nodes, and it works like a
charm.
Thanks
Steven
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%> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:09 PM
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%> Greetings,
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%> I have a 3 way cluster with 2 H70's failing to a central
%> (hot-spare H70) system. Accounts on the two active systems
%> exist on the spare but passwords dont sync. I need them to
%> be in sync in case of a failover.
%>
%> Can anyone suggest an easy way to synchronize passwords
%> amongst these 3 without having to cut/paste from
%> /etc/security/passwd?
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%> We are not going to use NIS and plan a migration to LDAP in
%> the near (but not near
%> enough) future.
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%> -PCWOOD
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