>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Fuchs <kfuchs at winternet.com> writes: Ken> rpgoldman wrote: >> I would like to make a newly-configured machine have the same users >> and groups (with the same numeric identifiers) as another. Is there >> any easy way to do this? Can one copy over /etc/group, /etc/passwd >> and /etc/shadow somehow? Or, assuming they're not contradictory >> (i.e., numeric identifiers and names don't clash), merge them together >> with the old ones? Ken> Don't copy them over as that may modify entries that the new system Ken> needs to run properly. Ken> Careful merging should work just fine. I occasionally do Ken> this myself. Thanks, Ken. I'll do that. Ken> Setting up NIS or NIS+ servers, slave servers and clients would be Ken> another path that could be taken. I've been trying to figure out at what point that becomes worthwhile. best, r _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list