On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Daryl Johnson wrote: > OK, I have several networks at my college using a mix of 98 and NT into > NT servers and frankly they are not well administered at all. (Not by > me I might add.) There is no overall diagram, or idea of how they are > linked together and when an uplink or a connection goes down (and > remember we are talking NT here!) it takes ages to put right. > > To give some idea we have a couple of hundred m/cs each with its own > static ip number, it's as though DHCP had never been invented. In > addition there is so much paranoia about hacking that the firewall is > tighter than a trout's ass (ie watertight) such that the lecturer's > domain is unavailable from the student m/c's on the grounds of > security. As you may imagine this is a real PIA when notes or > reference material are required in class. > > Anyway, cutting to the chase we have three spare servers, almost unused > since no-one has been able to figure out how to use them. I have been > given them to use to prove that linux is the mutt's nuts for such tasks > and it will enable mail, print and web services with full security etc, > etc, etc.... > > Now the problem that is actually screwing me is this. > > The boss wants the NT and 98 clients to be able to log on with an > individual name and password, rather than a machine name and common > password at present. No problem, just use Samba on the domain master. > > However he also wants each student, when they have logged on to have > access to server disk space eg their home directory, from any m/c they > log on to ie a network drive mapped to /home/studentName on the > desktop. > > Is this possible? Maybe it's easy and just something I haven't come > across before? I'd welcome any suggestions. >
I believe that it is. One possible solution is to have the users use an authentication server that stores all the profiles. I've configured NT servers to do this, but Samba also has this facility (check www.phonax.com). This method allows the users to be machine-agnostic; i.e., they can login from anywhere and keep their preferences. The other option, simpler but less powerful, is to use the Samba login script facility to determine the username and map a drive accordingly. There are example scripts on google.com for this (search "samba login script").
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