ensuring the same group and user IDs

[Bill Moran]

Noah <admin2 at enabled.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> How can I ensure the user and group IDs are the same between two systems 
> without breaking things?
> 
> Is it as easy to copy /etc/group and /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd 
> between machines?

Yes, but read the man page for pwd_mkdb first.  Other than that, it works
fine.

If you're going to be doing this on a larger scale, look into Kerberos or
similar.

-- 
Bill Moran

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