So basically, I can use Ebox for that which it provides, and it
shouldn't overwrite the NIS/NFS files that I change. That sounds perfect.
My main reason for choosing NIS over LDAP, is that I like the fact that
doing so will create all the home directories on the server that I need.
It somehow seems a cleaner, more obvious solution.
I think I'll try Ebox. If it doesn't work, then I've lost nothing save a
little time.
Thanks, Matt
Matt Willsher wrote:
Hi Matt,
This was something I was looking for as well but at present it isn't
easy to add additional file sharing systems to eBox. NIS isn't
supported either at present, though that should be easier to implement
(IMHO you would be better using LDAP than NIS as it is more secure and
flexible. There has been some recent discussion about using LDAP across
the network from eBox on either this or the devel list. )
However, eBox does provide an excellent framework to base you work on.
It would be relatively easy to add NFS as a manual task. That way, you
get all of the benefits of the rest of the system. The only thing to be
aware of is that eBox does not care about the state of the config files
it manages and simply overwrites them thought with NFS that shouldn't be
a problem.
You could also use eBox as a PDC and use winbind on the clients which
would mean you could just use what eBox provides.
Once the file sharing API is more loosely coupled with the Samba module,
I intend on implementing NFS, Netatalk, FTP and other file sharing if
they don't become core modules from Warp. From the state of things a
month or so ago, it's likely that we be after the 1.0 release coming in
the next few months.
Matt
On 1 Aug 2007, at 17:21, Matt Fletcher wrote:
Hello,
I have become aware of Ebox since Ubuntu Gutsy Tribe 3 released, and
it looks very interesting. I've installed onto a VMWare Player image
whilst I assess its usefulness.
I'm about to build a network of about 20 machines for my local youth
group, and I had planned to use NIS and NFS to provide central logins
and home directories.
Seeing Ebox, I assumed that this would make my life easier, but it
appears not to support NIS and NFS, only LDAP.
My question therefore is: does Ebox have any (built in or third party)
support for serving NIS authentication and NFS shares? Or should I
stick to the command line for my needs?
Thanks, Matt
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