On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 at 19:00, Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
>I'm thinking about exporting my server's /home directory. I want other
>linux workstations to run their own StarOffice but be able to browse and
>access their own homes as if local. My dilemma is synchronization of
>passwords again. Is NIS a solution? What other solutions are there?
To have a bunch of computers recognizing a set of users and their
passwords without having to maintain so many passwd files then yes, NIS or
NIS+ are the way to go. Check out the NIS+ HOWTO, or ask Eric Pareja for
help (hehe). For the actual sharing of your filesystem, I'd recommend
either Coda or NFS. I've got my /home exported too, and is mounted via NFS
by only one client, and so far performance has been okay but nothing
great. I presume that if I upgrade my server's hard drive (it's currently
a 7200RPM UDMA2 IDE, thinking in the future of SCSI RAID, 10000RPM drives)
then things will be much better. I've tried Coda a little bit. It's
supposedly more advanced, but honestly is a pain in the neck (considering
that unlike NFS it can't be integrated seamlessly in my setup).
-+[ Jijo Sevilla ]+-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-
Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph
To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
