Creating user accounts....

[Jakob Oestergaard]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:13:07PM -0600, RANGI, JAI wrote:
> What is the best way to create and manage user accounts on Beowulf,
> Is there a way that you create account on Master node and all the slave node
> will get information from Master node only.
> 
> I was thinking of NIS, if you use NIS then still so you have to create
> account on all the nodes.

No why ?

I have all user home directories exported via NFS. On the NIS master
server I run an adduser, which also creates the home directory - that's
it.

Maybe I'm missing something here - but what else do you need?  I don't
need more in my setup at least.

-- 
................................................................
:   jakob at unthought.net   : And I see the elder races,         :
:.........................: putrid forms of man                :
:   Jakob Østergaard      : See him rise and claim the earth,  :
:        OZ9ABN           : his downfall is at hand.           :
:.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: