On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:15:58PM -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi, > Is there a debian package for syncing root passwords on multiple servers? > If I had a 100 debian servers, and want the root passwords all be the same, > is there a util that will sync just the root password?
if you want to do this securely, i'd reccommend looking into something like
LDAP. NIS is also an option, but it's way way way insecure. or, you could
create a null-passphrased ssh key, and put the public key in root's
.ssh/authorized-keys dir. this way you could have a different password
for each (stored in a physically secured location), but still be able to
freely log in as root from a master server.
> or perhaps someone has a script they use?
yeah, i use the above method and two scripts. one syncs a list of important
files (like /etc/passwd, /etc/default/rcS, et c....), and the other executes
arbitrary commands. i can send them to you (or share them with the list)
if there's demand.
hth
sean
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