Gregory Shaw wrote:
Hi. I've been a unix guy for a very long time. One of the things that has
frustrated me is roaming abilities. I'd like to be able to use my laptop (nv
bld 35 currently) at home, at work, and at a coffee shop without having to
worry about sync issues:
- directory
Actually, what NWAM is talking about it network roaming profiles.
What I'm talking about is providing the work environment regardless
of network connection (wired, wireless and most importantly,
disconnected):
- automounts
- email address lookups
- login to the machine via directory
Gregory Shaw wrote:
Actually, what NWAM is talking about it network roaming profiles.
NWAM is more than just roaming profiles it is a complete redesign
of how we bring up networking and core network services.
What I'm talking about is providing the work environment regardless of
network
Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- login to the machine via directory services with cached directory
information
Hmn I'm not sure this is actually a good idea.
You're probably right, but I fear there's some need for this functionality:
one of our research groups has a couple of
Rainer Orth wrote:
cachefs with disconnected mode can support some of this.
But CacheFS support is declining, presumably due to a nearly unmaintainable
code base.
It is still fully supported for NFSv2 and NFSv3. The reason it isn't
supported for NFSv4 is that due to the internals of how it
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 10:25, Darren J Moffat wrote:
Gregory Shaw wrote:
Actually, what NWAM is talking about it network roaming profiles.
NWAM is more than just roaming profiles it is a complete redesign
of how we bring up networking and core network services.
What I'm talking about is
Gregory Shaw wrote:
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 10:25, Darren J Moffat wrote:
Gregory Shaw wrote:
Actually, what NWAM is talking about it network roaming profiles.
NWAM is more than just roaming profiles it is a complete redesign
of how we bring up networking and core network services.
What I'm
Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If we do not do this, you must provide local acocunts, which is far
worse, security wise, than cached directory information. This is what
I'm trying to avoid -- I believe that we should be able to leverage the
directory service for user
Hi. I've been a unix guy for a very long time. One of the things that has
frustrated me is roaming abilities. I'd like to be able to use my laptop (nv
bld 35 currently) at home, at work, and at a coffee shop without having to
worry about sync issues:
- directory services vs. local home
