multihost master.passwd sync

[Bigby Findrake]

On Tue, 27 May 2003, Eric Anderson wrote:

> Andy Harrison wrote:
> >>>>The problem is that while it allows authentication, it doesn't integrate
> >>>>seamlessly allowing you to own files as a user that only exists in the
> >>>>ldap.
> >>>
> >>>Huh?  Explain more please..
> >>
> >
> > I was told that if the user isn't in the passwd file physically, they can't own
> > files on the local server.  I've run into this personally with radius, I can't
> > speak with authority on ldap and pam integration.
>
> Oh, ok.. Well, I *believe* that is incorrect.. Should work fine
> (specially with nss_ldap stuff in FreeBSD-5.1, etc)..

NIS is a perfect example of how users not in the password file can own
files on a machine.


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