Re: nfs: fstab or automount/thread hijack

2005-05-23 Thread Tony Shadwick
Hmm...hadn't really thought about the config you're suggesting of just mounting user's homes as needed. Quite the thought. :) I've always just mounted /home as a whole. Now you're going to have my mind running. I'm going to hijack this thread just a bit. Is anyone here other htan me havin

Re: nfs: fstab or automount

2005-05-23 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Ryan Winograd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I set up a network in which the /home directory is shared to all > client computers, is it better to have the clients mount the nfs share > in fstab or to let automount handle the mounting? What are the pros > and cons of each? An automounter can let

Re: nfs: fstab or automount

2005-05-23 Thread Tony Shadwick
Are they all going to be running FreeBSD, or do you have a mix of 'nix's running? The automounter for osx for example is incompatible with FreeBSD's automounter. I can't speak for Linux, but the possibility exists. If you don't have a redundancy environment set up for /home to automount fro

nfs: fstab or automount

2005-05-22 Thread Ryan Winograd
If I set up a network in which the /home directory is shared to all client computers, is it better to have the clients mount the nfs share in fstab or to let automount handle the mounting? What are the pros and cons of each? Thnx in advance for all input, Ryan w ___