On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
>
> Now presently, I keep all my passwords in a pgp encrypted file on one of
> my boxes (backed up to tape and another box) and am curious what methods
> people use to keep the password list from growing out of hand. Also
> especially when you are admining/maintaining a network of co-located
> machines. Do you use say a few passwords that are randomly distributed
> between machines, a different password for each machine, or what.
>
Although I can't claim to know a great deal about it, the usual solution in
cases like this is to designate one of your machines as an NIS server - all the
user info (including passwords) is then held on the one machine and the rest of
the network refers to that server for authentication information.
That, I'm afraid, is about the sum total of my knowledge of NIS :-(
I got a copy of "Redhat 6 Unleashed" for Christmas, but I haven't got the the
chapter on NIS yet......
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Phil Edwards
Technical Specialist
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