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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: syncing passwd files for NFS
Message-ID: <10518@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 2 Mar 91 23:33:08 GMT
References: <3163@hsi86.hsi.com>
Reply-To: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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X-Local-Date: Sat, 2 Mar 91 15:33:08 PST

In article <3163@hsi86.hsi.com> kavitsky@hsi86.hsi.com (Jim Kavitsky) writes:
>     The problem involves chowning and chgrping the existing file system
>to match the new password file. I don't want to have to do this with a slew
>of finds! I seem to remember reading on the net about a program that did this
>by hopping down the inode table and making the appropriate changes. Sound
>familiar anyone?

One such set of programs (partly by me) is available for anonymous FTP
from host mimsy.umd.edu (128.8.128.8 for those of you who are, tsk tsk,
not running a name server) as the compressed tar file

	pub/unify_uids.tar.Z

Please limit FTP access to off-peak east coast hours (i.e., try to stay
off during the 8AM--6PM E[SD]T).
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