Re: [SLE] 8.2 to 9.0?
From: darryl penny (dpenny_at_ehs.wcape.school.za)
Date: 10/29/03
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:53:49 +0200
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:23:03 +0100, McTrex wrote
> If you have the time, I'd use the time to 9 Dec to read up on LDAP instead
> of NIS, and try to migrate all your users to a central LDAP
> repository in combination with central home directories.
>
> Then rollout SuSE 9 as an LDAP client and you'll be very happy with your
> centralized administration and 'roaming profiles'.
>
Marco, If I do this, I would prefer, (h/ware constraints), to migrate users to
LDAP on the 8.2 server 1st, then backup, then upgrade the *same* server to
9.0, then get up from my knees and dance a jig.
Sometime next year a machine will be free for a backup server.
HAG1 (Have A Good One!)
Darryl
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> > > >I'm thinking of doing this at our school, ±700 users. I know about the
> > > >'newusers' command - is that the only way?
> >
> > Joe Morris's reply:
> > > Unless your 8.2 is giving you problems, I would definitely go for an
> > > upgrade...
> > Brian Jackson's reply:
> > >All you need to do is copy YOUR users section from /etc/passwd and
> > >/etc/shadow and place them in the same files on the newly upgraded ...
> > >... network user management system, like NIS...
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