Re: password file syncing

From: David Sims (dpsims_at_virtualdave.com)
Date: 01/27/04

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    Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:32:53 -0600 (CST)
    To: jim.horwath@rcn.com
    
    

    Hi,

      I am currently using 'unison' to sync two servers. It uses the same
    algorithm that rdist uses to minimise network traffic, but does a
    bi-directional sync and works natively over an ssh connection.

        <http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison>

    Regards,

    Dave
    ********************************************************************
    On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 jim.horwath@rcn.com wrote:

    > 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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