Re: [PLUG] Two passwd files?

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

> You could post-process locally with sed to change the root line:
>  

I came up with another idea.  On the "master" system, what about 
grep'ing out user account lines with UIDs 500 and above and placing them 
in a serperate file called something like "passwd.shared"?  Then, copy 
"passwd.shared" to the remote systems.  On the remote systems, append 
the "passwd.shared" file to the "passwd.local" file to form a new passwd 
file?

So, on each system, the "passwd.local" file will contain all of the 
original, system specific accounts, minus any regular user accounts. 
The regular user accounts will be added when "passwd.shared" is 
combined with "passwd.local" to form the new passwd file.

Is that crazy?  Could all of the scripting take place on the server?

I think that approach would work for groups and hosts as well.

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