[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hi suresh
>
> for 400 users ??? i think its time to centralize /home....
>
> probably have two /home file servers
> ( we'll worry about syncing data separately )
> ( we'll worry about backup of /home separately...
>
> all other pcs automounts home1:/home or home2:/home....
>
> for login passwd stuff....use NFS as rich suggests ??
> or you'd have to copy/enter passwd info for each user
> in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow ( bad idea )
>
> on each home server....don't forget to export the directory
> for exporting/reading/writing by the other server
> /etc/export
>
> on each clients...how many clients do you have and does
> each of the 400 login into a few machines or 400 machines
> that automounts home:/home/<user> ???
>
> answer would vary ??
>
> for each client....i'd do:
>
> a. /etc/auto.master
> /.autofs /etc/auto.home --timeout 600
>
> b. /etc/auto.home
> home -fstype=nfs[,other options] home1:/home
>
> c. fix some stuff
> cd / ; mv /home /home.org
> cd / ; ln /.autofs /home
>
> this way....all 400 users are maintained on home:/home
> and their login passwd is done with yp
>
> their home dir is automounted at any client machine
>
> - problem is if the home server dies...all 400 people is dead...
> - if the yp server dies....all 400 people is dead...
>
> have fun
> alvin
>
Here at Transmeta we simply use an auto.master map like such:
/home auto.home
... and put each user in the auto.home NIS map.
-hpa
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