[lug] Adding user to two machines at once?

[dan radom]

are either NIS or LDAP an option?  if not expect can do all the real work.  it even ships with an example passwd / adduser script.

* Justin (glow at jackmoves.com) wrote:
> I have a couple of servers that I have users on. One server contains 
> every user while the other server contains only a select few of those 
> users. Currently what I have been doing is when I get a new user, I add 
> them to the primary server, then if necessary I add them again to the 
> secondary server. What are some ways to make this procedure a little 
> simpler? What I was thinking was writing a script that I can run on the 
> primary server which adds the user, then prompts me if I want to add 
> the same user to the secondary box. The script of course would need to 
> somehow log into the secondary box and add the user there. That is what 
> I don't know how to do. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to 
> accomplish this? Or an alternative that might be better for my 
> situation?  
> 
> BTW, the uid's or gid's do not need to be the same between the 
> machines, simply the username and preferably the initial temp passwd.
> 
> TIA,
> Justin
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