Re: uid<-->username question

2009-03-05 Thread LC Bruzenak
On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 11:48 -0500, John Dennis wrote: > LC Bruzenak wrote: ... > > environment. I also have to ensure that the participating systems do not > > reuse old UIDs or remove expired ones from their password file. > > > I think this approach is problematic. First of all the set of uid's

Re: uid<-->username question

2009-03-05 Thread John Dennis
LC Bruzenak wrote: All, I was thinking about a scheme to retrieve usernames from UIDs on different machines. I was going to push the passwd file from a participating audit client up to the server. Then I'll store it uniquely according to its IP address (e.g. /var/etc/passwd.192.168.10.10). Th

Re: uid<-->username question

2009-03-05 Thread LC Bruzenak
On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 10:08 -0600, LC Bruzenak wrote: > All, > > I was thinking about a scheme to retrieve usernames from UIDs on > different machines. I was going to push the passwd file from a > participating audit client up to the server. Then I'll store it uniquely > according to its IP addre