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Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?



>>>>> "Paladin" == Paladin  <paladin@paladin.dhis.org> writes:

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Paladin> can the root account be centralized too?

I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea.
Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some reason.  So
you say to yourself, "OK, I'll just log in as root, and .... Doh!  Can't
log in because the LDAP server is down."

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