RE: password file syncing
From: Caron, Jim (Jim.Caron_at_bestwestern.com)
Date: 01/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:27:52 -0700 To: <jim.horwath@rcn.com>, <secureshell@securityfocus.com>
Hi Jim,
I have two secure FTP servers (poor man's HA) that I run in our
customer DMZ. I use rsync to keep the customer data files current, and
I also send the password and shadow files. 99% of the time it works.
1% of the time the password file gets garbled for some reason. You need
to run an additional job to backup the password and shadow files on the
HA target and also keep a window open somewhere. I know that's not a
completely secure approach, but if your password file dies in transit,
you're going to be hard crashing your system or not getting in at all...
Our FTP servers are physically secure so I can leave the console
connected as root.
Just something to think about...
-----Original Message-----
From: jim.horwath@rcn.com [mailto:jim.horwath@rcn.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:15 PM
To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
Subject: password file syncing
I have two servers I need to keep the passwd and group files
in sync. I don't have access to an HA environment, as a
poor man's solution I was thinking of using rsync or rdist
over ssh to keep the password files in sync between two
servers. Anybody have any experience either positive or
negative doing something like this? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jim
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