[NTLUG:Discuss] user replication between 2 linux servers

[Steve Jackson]

so, i could use rsync to copy the passwd file and all the user home
directories?  Anyone done this before?

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From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Jim Wildman
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] user replication between 2 linux servers


man rsync

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Jim Wildman                                            jim at rossberry.com
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Steve Jackson wrote:

> This may be a remedial question (or not), but if I want to put 2 linux
> servers on the net as redundant mail servers (SMTP and POP3), is there an
> automated way to replicate user changes between the 2 machines?  I could
> probably write a set of scripts to accomplish this, but I thought I'd ask
> ya'lls opinions/advice first.  Are there any commercial products to do
this?
> Is there built-in functionality to do this?  Having one box take over
duties
> for the other, in case of failure, is no prob, but making sure the users
on
> box1 and box2 are the same (with the same password) is my sticky point.
>
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