man syncguid

NAME

  syncguid - Compare uid|gid between two passwd or group files

SYNOPSIS

  syncguid [-options] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

  The  syncguid  script is distributed with uaxtools and is used identify [gu]id con-
  flicts between systems.

  For default users and groups installed by SLES or RHEL, uid and gid assignment  can
  occur  based  on order of installation and service node customization on a cluster.
  Unfortunately this means nodes may end up with a uid or gid assigned  to  different
  users  or  groups.  In a cluster or any colleciton of systems using nfs these over-
  laps should be resolved. The syncguid script identifies conflicts.  From this,  one
  can  build a script to 'chown -h' files to new uid|gid then update the passwd|group
  files.

OPTIONS

  -o     show both

  -1     show only first

  -2     show only second

  -m     show match

  -g     gid for passwd does not have to match

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Written at the University of Alaska.  Ongoing maintenance via SourceForge by Denali
  Sun Consulting.

  Suggestions or bug reports can be directed to denalisun907@gmail.com.

RELATED INFORMATION

  See: uaxtools(8).