(PM) user table / passwords (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@megazone.org)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 07:45:24 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time System Administration Staff shaped the electrons to say...
>Is there a way to get the passwords from the local user table into some
>kind of a backup? I noticed that a system backup does not save them.

The 'pmreadpass' utility makes a RADIUS users file out of the local
table.

>Also, along those same lines, how many users is too many (in the local
>user table, that is)? I've heard anywhere from 50-150. Just curious.

100 was the recommended max on all units before the PM-3, based on
experience. In theory a PM-3 can hold more, but more than 100 is not
encouraged. Frankly, RADIUS is so easy to use I wouldn't use the local
table for more than a handful.

-MZ

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