rysnc /etc/passwd files

[James Marcinek]

Hello all,

I am trying to write a script that will copy the needed security files 
from one system to another. The reason is to facilitate clustering, 
though I could see it being used to centralize accounts and with NFS 
$HOME directories it could work...

Granted that one allows root to do this, which I intend not to...

I want to make sure that I get all of the necessary files:

/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/shadow
/etc/gshadow

Am I missing any? I also understand that it is possible to use other 
authentication config's. I would also be interested in knowing of any 
differences and if there's any easy way to determine which is 
implemented, if so.

Thanks,

James