[Linux-cluster] Re: [Cluster-devel] PAM and NSS for clusters

[Mark Hlawatschek]

Hi,

this looks very interesting. I think that a shared /etc/passwd saves a lot of 
trouble with user management in a cluster. 
Another way to get a shared /etc/passwd and /etc/nsswitch.conf is to use a 
shared root cluster. In this case, all configuration files can easily be 
shared in a cluster. You might be interested in having a look at 
http://www.open-sharedroot.org

Best Regards,

Mark
   

On Monday 17 November 2008 15:33:45 Kadlecsik Jozsef wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In order to store users in alternate passwd, shadow and group files I have
> written some patches over Linux PAM 1.0.2 and an NSS module.
>
> With these packages one can store the passwd, shadow and group files for
> the cluster users over GFS. We have been using such a setup for more than
> half a year in production. If somebody is interested in, the patches,
> sources and the installation, configuration descriptions are available at
>
> http://www.kfki.hu/~kadlec/sw/cluster/
>

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Gruss / Regards,

Dipl.-Ing. Mark Hlawatschek
http://www.atix.de/
http://www.open-sharedroot.org/