On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:12:33 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 02:58:20PM -0400, Eric wrote: >> What is the "right" way to synchronize passwords between hosts? > > On a medium-to-large scale, Kerberos and LDAP. On a small scale, NIS. > >> There are two machines set up, one FC6 and one F7, and I'd like any >> password changes on one to also show up on the other. > > On a *tiny* scale like two machines, though, how about "remember to > change passwords in both places"? What if you have a couple dozen guest accounts? (I plan to keep their shells set to /sbin/nologin except when the guests are here -- and also to keep the machines they're on shutdown and physically disconnected from the Net most of the time except when guests are present. I don't *think* it'll be much of a risk that way ...) -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
