Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-11 Thread Alexander Georgiev
2010/7/10 Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server. 2) User home directories

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-11 Thread Michael Klinosky
Alexander Georgiev wrote: 2010/7/10 Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server. 2)

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-11 Thread Carel Lubbe
Hi Niki, Have you had a look at the K12 systems available from different distro vendors? It is build specifically for schools. http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=linux+K12hl=ensafe=offprmd=vsource=univtbs=vid:1tbo=uei=NTQ6TJjAGIvEsAP2j71Rsa=Xoi=video_result_groupct=titleresnum=4ved=0CDEQqwQwAw

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-11 Thread William Warren
On 7/10/2010 10:59 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server. 2) User home directories should

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-11 Thread Alexander Georgiev
010/7/12 Carel Lubbe carel.lu...@gmail.com: Hi Niki, Have you had a look at the K12 systems available from different distro vendors? It is build specifically for schools. Indeed K12 should cover school specific requirements, and as far as I remember it was LTSP based.

[CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server. 2) User home directories should also be on the server. 3) Users should all

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Eduardo Grosclaude
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server.

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Ross Walker
On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server.

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:59:44 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Les Mikesell
Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server. 2) User home directories should also be on the

Re: [CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

2010-07-10 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On 7/10/10, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the idea. KISS Princple: ext3 with ACL enabled (better xfs/zfs -- in centos if