Are you talking about finding settings and files on a central server? You might need XDMCP on the server, and allow logins from the user Linux boxes. The users could use the chooser to get there, or Xnest from within their current local X-window session.
They could also just ssh into the central server and start an X-window session. $DISPLAY is supposed to be set up by ssh. You may or may not have to execute xhost +server on the client machine to allow the connection as well. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Furey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: Replacing Win NT machines > > I beg the indulgence of the list for this question. Please forgive me. > > Lots of us have probably seen the situation where an IT department > has Win/NT workstations and a Win/NT server. You go up to any > PC, select the domain, enter your userid and p/w and then login. > You can then logout, go to any other PC in the building, enter > the same info and login on that PC, thereby getting your profile > and access to your private files on that PC. > > Q: What's the Linux equivalent? > > I've had a look round linuxvm.org and tried a few web searches but > not come up with anything. Ideas or pointers to papers that describe > someone who's done this very welcome. > > Ta muchly. > > Rod
