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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:03:02 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject:	Re: profile - mkpasswd, mkgroup
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John,

On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 12:47:47PM +0100, John Morrison wrote:
> if $USERDOMAIN == `hostname` ; then
> 	# running locally
> 	/bin/mkgroup -l > /etc/group
> 	/bin/mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
> else
> 	# running as part of a domain
> 	/bin/mkgroup -d > /etc/group
> 	/bin/mkpasswd -d > /etc/passwd
> fi

I caution against blind use of the -d option above.  In large domain
environments, the mkgroup and mkpasswd commands could take hours to
complete!  We use something like the following procedure:

    mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd
    mkpasswd -d -u $USERNAME >>/etc/passwd

    mkgroup -l >/etc/group
    # add needed domain groups (e.g., "Domain Users") to /etc/group

Unfortunately, I have *not* figured out how to automate the domain
groups step.

Jason

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