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Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?

From	Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS?
Date	2018-08-17 19:50 +0200
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Right, that's best practice.

But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0
group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable?

João

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:42 PM Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:27:32PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
> > However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system
> > resources access across distros.
>
> You don't manage OS-specific (or "distro"-specific if you prefer that term)
> group IDs in a network database.  Those are managed on a per-system basis
> in the local /etc/group or analogous file(s).
>
> Your network database should contain only your organization's local user
> and group identities.  That's why the default NIS Makefile has MINUID
> and MINGID settings.
>
>

Thread

Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS? Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com> - 2018-08-17 15:40 +0200
  Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-17 15:50 +0200
  Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-17 15:50 +0200
    Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com> - 2018-08-17 18:30 +0200
      Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-17 18:50 +0200
        Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com> - 2018-08-17 19:50 +0200
          Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them with NIS? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-17 21:30 +0200
          Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-19 17:50 +0200
            Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com> - 2018-08-20 06:00 +0200
              Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-20 08:00 +0200
                Re: Group ID conflicts between different distros: how to manage them  with NIS? Joao Roscoe <joao.roscoe@gmail.com> - 2018-08-20 17:10 +0200

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