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On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 03:22:58AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>On 06/05/2010 21:36, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 03:22:39PM -0500, Jeremy Bopp wrote:
>>> Please bear in mind that what you are attempting to do is not really
>>> supported, so don't be surprised if you don't get a bunch of help.
>> 
>> I don't see why this wouldn't be supported actually.  If the 32/64 bit
>> systems have similar setups it should just work.
>
>   But surely they'll have different and incmpatible SIDs and perms and
>everything?

True, when I do this, I do have a different version of group and passwd
per system.

But, actually Corinna is contemplating something that will make that
unnecessary.

cgf

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