Hello! I have all my users in an ldap and the conneckt the edubuntu server to tht ldap server. A also have all the users home on the server ant mount that katalogs to home on the edu server.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer this is how you install your ldap server but the clinet part in this howto i wrong if you using 7.10 then use this how to inseted to connect the clinet mashine. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=597056 Test so that the clinet have connecktion to the server and then proceed to using nfs. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo?highlight=%28nfs%29 Here is an howto how to use NFS U must have a program so that you can manage your users in the ldap server. Webmin i very simpel and good in this. http://www.webmin.com/ // matte On Mon, December 31, 2007 14:10, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > Hi, > > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Charles Austin wrote: > > >> I have a mix of thin client and thick clients for Edubuntu 7.10. I >> would like to have the thick clients authenticate and mount the user's >> home directory from the server. >> >> I am guessing that LDAP and Samba is the best way to do this, but I am >> thoroughly confused at the moment. > > It doesn't really help you with your LDAP issues but I would say LDAP + > NFS > is probably a better choice. Samba is really meant for connecting unix > and windows, whereas NFS is designed for unix and unix. > > Gavin > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings > or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
