G T Smith wrote: > > No matter which unix machine I logged into (sun, sgi, linux) I got my > > same home directory, and it was all quite seamless. For those logging > > into pee cees, the samba home directories were accessible as network > drives. > > Hmm... mounting a network drive as a local user is a bit different from > the dynamic creation of an account with appropriate local rights on the > machine.... (and removal of that account afterwards)... There was no "mounting" activity on the user's part; his home directory automagically on the machine appeared when he logged in, and disappeared when he logged out. So in a sense it was "removed afterwards".
> As I said elsewhere I had forgotten about this. The institution I worked > for after this passively discouraged use of NFS/NIS in favour of X and > terminal access (apparently on security grounds), but it was mainly a > DEC/IBM/(and later PC) shop with a limited UNIX presence for some > central services and special uses only. Hmm, we also had diskless X workstations, but still, they all used nfs filesystems and nis user authentication. Of course nowadays, nis is being phased out in favor of ldap, but the concept remains the same. > Linux on PCs had little or no > presence (and was viewed by some of those in the UNIX side with a little > hostility) Yikes, sounds like a confusion in terminology - our unix staff discovered linux and became fans early on. Eventually the CS department replaced solaris, and ran the core services on linux, which served as the unix side of the "pee cee to unix connectivity" paradigm on our network. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
