One more point about the Merit version: we have extended the concept
of the clients file to include a "prefix" column. This column defines
a filename (ASCII) prefix for the authfile and users files, if present.
This means you can have your main authfile and users files and a second
(or third...) set foobah.authfile and foobah.users on a per-PortMaster
basis (if that is useful to you).
This says nothing about pointing to multiple /etc/passwd files, but you
might look into the Merit RADIUS concept of FILE type authentication
(basically just users files) which we call "realm" files... These let
you put the "prefix" in the authfile -- very useful and handy, IMHO. :-)
Regards,
web...
-- William Bulley, N8NXN Senior Systems Research Programmer Merit Network Inc. Domain: web@merit.edu 4251 Plymouth Road MaBell: (313) 764-9993 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785 Fax: (313) 747-3185