[SGVLUG] LDAP or NIS migration from /etc/passwd

[Mike Rubel]

> Hmm. What happens if rsync backs up a file owned by a user which doesn't
exist on the server?

If there's no corresponding user, rsync defaults to numeric IDs.
Unfortunately, that tends to make backup-related things complicated, so if
you're going to go the lazy route, it's better to make sure the set of
users and groups on the server is a union (or superset) of those on the
clients.

-mike