Re: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications
I'm working on a project to change the network on my school to open source software only (FreeBSD/Linux workstations only). Excellent. Some lucky students there! I knew about NIS from readings of the handbook years ago, so I revisited it today, but there' is something that's missing. I understand the NIS accounts reside on the master server and I have to add users on the master server. But then, users on workstations will have their home directories etc referring only to the local machine. I considered doing the same thing... using NFS mounts. My problem with it was security. I think NFS v4 has better security. I ended up using thin clients to one single server. Works quite well. Depends on how many clients you need though. Since I plan to switch the whole network from windows to FreeBSD / Linux (only adding linux because other people want it :-P), I'll need to substitute the following applications: - Visual C++ (anjuta) KDevelop is quite nice - MS Access (?) There are a few still in early stages of development. I think that Kexi (http://www.koffice.org/kexi/) and rekall (http://www.rekallrevealed.org/) are the most access-like, but there are others too... I don't know much about access, but I believe it's possible to have a ms-access database server.. if that's the case, is there a open source client with a similiar GUI to ms access available ? (note: mysql/etc won't do, the school program says ms access, so we need something similiar) I think that's backwards, really. The database that comes with access is pretty weak, but many people use access as a front end to better database engines like postgresql. _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 09:36 am, Hugo Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a project to change the network on my school to open > source software only (FreeBSD/Linux workstations only). > > Since I plan to switch the whole network from windows to FreeBSD / > Linux (only adding linux because other people want it :-P), I'll need > to substitute the following applications: > > - Visual C++ (anjuta) > - MS Access (?) > > I don't know much about access, but I believe it's possible to have a > ms-access database server.. if that's the case, is there a open > source client with a similiar GUI to ms access available ? (note: > mysql/etc won't do, the school program says ms access, so we need > something similiar) > > > Any insight on these issues is most welcome > > Regards, > > Hugo Hugo, You're out of luck where MS Access is concerned. FreeBSD comes with several outstanding database servers; but nothing that matches MS Access as a RAD for database clients or a tool for complex, ad hoc analysis. Access makes for a lousy server; but excels as a GUI client. You can install MS Access on Linux using Codeweaver's Crossover Office (a WINE thing); but it seems to have memory limitations, and crashes under moderate workloads. MS Access (Win2K or XP Pro) + PostgreSQL (FreeBSD) is a very powerful combination. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications
> NIS exports info from a passwd file. So this will include user > information and ect... groups can also be exported to... the means > using NFS you can export a file system or place on a fs. Allowing you > to export /usr/home or the like Point well taken, I didn't think on this. Should do the trick :-) > If the school's whack jobs say you need specifically MS Access, you > are screwed then since afaik it has not been ported to any thing > except windows yet. > Tell me about it. Who knows if they'll end up using mysql & mysqlcc instead :-P Thanks for the suggestions ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:36:03 - (GMT) "Hugo Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a project to change the network on my school to open > source software only (FreeBSD/Linux workstations only). > > I knew about NIS from readings of the handbook years ago, so I > revisited it today, but there' is something that's missing. I > understand the NIS accounts reside on the master server and I have > to add users on the master server. But then, users on workstations > will have their home directories etc referring only to the local > machine. > > I want to have users get their home directories from a central > location too. Is there any 'official' process to make this work, > with NIS if possible ? > > I plan to have a 'student-shared-area' that will be NFS mounted on > every workstation on boot, but I want each user to have their files > available, wherever they login from. > > Also, I assume there is no problem in using NIS accounts with X. > From the logic of it, there shouldn't be any problems. NIS exports info from a passwd file. So this will include user information and ect... groups can also be exported to... the means using NFS you can export a file system or place on a fs. Allowing you to export /usr/home or the like > A few last questions, > > Since I plan to switch the whole network from windows to FreeBSD / > Linux(only adding linux because other people want it :-P), I'll need > to substitute the following applications: > > - Visual C++ (anjuta) > - MS Access (?) Just browse till you find a few you like... I personally like xemacs... eclipse and a few others may be a possability too. For Databases, there are quite a few aviable... check them out till you find one that fits what you need. > I don't know much about access, but I believe it's possible to have > a ms-access database server.. if that's the case, is there a open > source client with a similiar GUI to ms access available ? (note: > mysql/etc won't do, the school program says ms access, so we need > something similiar) If the school's whack jobs say you need specifically MS Access, you are screwed then since afaik it has not been ported to any thing except windows yet. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications
Hi Hugo, Look to NFS to do that for you. Here's a link to a page in the online handbook. NFS can do exactly what you want http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nfs.ht ml > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo Silva > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications > > Hi, > > I'm working on a project to change the network on my school to open source > software only (FreeBSD/Linux workstations only). > > I knew about NIS from readings of the handbook years ago, so I revisited > it today, but there' is something that's missing. I understand the NIS > accounts reside on the master server and I have to add users on the master > server. But then, users on workstations will have their home directories > etc referring only to the local machine. > > I want to have users get their home directories from a central location > too. Is there any 'official' process to make this work, with NIS if > possible ? > > I plan to have a 'student-shared-area' that will be NFS mounted on every > workstation on boot, but I want each user to have their files available, > wherever they login from. > > Also, I assume there is no problem in using NIS accounts with X. From the > logic of it, there shouldn't be any problems. > > A few last questions, > > Since I plan to switch the whole network from windows to FreeBSD / Linux > (only adding linux because other people want it :-P), I'll need to > substitute the following applications: > > - Visual C++ (anjuta) > - MS Access (?) > > I don't know much about access, but I believe it's possible to have a > ms-access database server.. if that's the case, is there a open source > client with a similiar GUI to ms access available ? (note: mysql/etc won't > do, the school program says ms access, so we need something similiar) > > > Any insight on these issues is most welcome > > Regards, > > Hugo > > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
