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Re: Synchronizing passwords between NW 3.12 servers?

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From: 329
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00
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In <55dabs$7of@neptune.theplanet.co.uk>, acameron@pccontracts.prestel.co.uk (Adam Cameron) writes:
>"KobieG" <kobieg@absa.co.za> wrote:
>>Tom Kustner <tom.kustner@emjay.com> wrote in article
>><3281da83.11434121@news.execpc.com>...
>>> Besides upgrading to NetWare 4.1, what is the best way to synchronize
>>> passwords automatically between NetWare 3.12 servers, so that when
>>> someone changes a password on one server, the change is cascaded to
>>> all the other servers?
>>> Thanks for any help or pointers to third-party products.
>
>>You can not 
>>3.12 does not cater for that. You must change the passwords on all the
>>servers
>
>You can so
>3.12 does cater for that.  Attach to all the servers you wish to
>synchronise passwords on, and use setpass.  BUT!  this only works if
>the passwords are ALREADY synchronised, so you may have to do it
>manually the first time.  i have just tested this (as we speak), so i
>am confident this answer is accurate.
>
Yes, this is correct.  You will have to do it manually the first time, if they
are not synchronized.  Once the passwords are synchronized and the user is 
required to change them the system will ask if he/she would like to synchronize 
once again.  No testing here, it is in everyday use.

Sue
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From: 329@together.net
Subject: Re: Synchronizing passwords between NW 3.12 servers?
Date: 1996/11/01
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