RE: K12OS: rsync as alternative to nis/nfs?
Bert Rolston (BertR@wanganui-city.school.nz)
Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:45:16 +1300
Hi all,
I am interested in using this method as well.
Thanks,
Bert
On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:18 AM, Chris Hobbs [SMTP:chobbs@silvervalley.k12.ca.us] wrote:
> I'm interested in the possibility of setting up the app servers to have
> a local copy of /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, and /home which
> are synchronized with the central file server.
>
> Does anyone know if rsync will work for this? I'm especially interested
> in the bidirectional effectiveness - if a user changes their password on
> app1, will it sync to the fileserver (and then from the fileserver out
> to the other app servers) so that they can use the new password on app2.
>
> Thoughts would be appreciated!
>
> --
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