Creating user accounts....

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Jai,

   I personally prefer files. You make the account on the master
node and then copy /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, etc.
to all of the nodes. It's worked well for us so far on several
clusters (16 nodes, 64 nodes, 65 nodes, 26 nodes, 288 nodes).

Good Luck!

Jeff

>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.
>
>
>
>Jai Rangi
>Unix System Administrator, Computing Services,
>South Dakota State University
>Brookings SD 57006.
>email: jai_rangi at sdstate.edu
>Ph: 605 688 4689
>Fax: 6056884605
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