I would like to set up a server with network shares that are effectively /home/user1, /home/user2, /home/rduser etc so that I effectively have roaming linux user profiles.
Before I change system config files I thought I would run it by the list here to see if there are any pitfalls to avoid: proposing to have client machine fstabs servername:/user1share /home/user1 nfs default 0 0 Question that arises is the boxes although all have same 64 bit linux distro installed, each has some difference in the number of programs which would mean differences in the hidden config files in the local machine user folders. They all have the same basic browser, email, firwall, nfs and samba(2 windows boxes as well) and desktop configurations though. My thought was to copy the /home/userX contents from the machine with most programs on it to the new network share, and the other machines with fewer programs would then have the config/init files needed and would just ignore the extra others?? It is to get around having to configure desktops, email accounts and program preferences over and over each time a new install is done with the same user. In the case of RD, a new user could log on to a machine and customize their desktop and application prefs like email and browser, then have them copied over and placed on the server for automounting from any machine in the RD network. The problem I see is a lot of work setting up shares and/or fstab edits if one wants to keep /home standard and local machine only for users that only use a single machine yet still allow power users the roaming profile access (especially in radio biz where there can be high staff turnover as well). Is their a package available that would accomplish this maybe automatically? I assume there might be but likely only in an enterprise distro ?? comments ? tips to avoid a re-install?? Thanks Andy _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
