Re: [cobalt-users] domain based /etc/passwd's

["Danny Daniels" <dcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] domain based /etc/passwd's


> I mean the actual /etc/password files for shell users. -- Jonathan
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Gerald Waugh wrote:
>
> > "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jmslivko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Has anyone out there ever been able to make a domain name based
> > > /etc/password so one can have the same physical username on different
> > > domains on the same machine. If you have been able to do it, please
e-mail
> > > me with more details. Thanks. -- Jonathan

Because the login accounts  use the same /etc/passwd file it makes it next
to impossible to duplicate a login account. In order to have duplicate login
accounts you would have to move away form the standard Unix /etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow authentication. However I have never heard of mechanism for
doing this. I think most Unix admins will tell you its just not possible.

But who knows,  they said pigs can't fly !

-Danny