On 30-Oct-2001 Simon Bryan wrote: > Hi all, > Here is a scenario: > > I have two Linux boxes, one is a server and holds the usernam/password > file, however it's HDDs are full and so are the available slots, ie I > cannot just add another drive I would have to replace one. The other Linux > box can be a server or workstation but it does have a very large HDD. > I would like to be able to use that computer to store all the user Home > directories which at the moment are under /home/popusers/year/username. > > I only want to maintain one list of usernames and passwords on the original > server, in fact this is the second list - the first is on the NT server. > > I want the mounting to be automatic when the server starts - assuming the > other machine is started of course. > > What do I need to install to do this? Will NFS do it for me? SAMBA? I will > be using SAMBA anyway to share the directories back to the NT workstations > - tested this using a local directory on the server, worked nicely. If > using NFS or SAMBA how secure would it be if those directories were then > exposed on the internet through a web based intranet app (AUC).
you want NIS/NFS (NIS to manage the passwd/groups, and the uid/gid's of the shared users MUST be > 500 ; UID/GID < 500 are considered machine private) I do not think you want to expose either the NIS or NFS services to an untrusted network. I would set the NIS/NFS server(s) on some private machine on the inside, and NOT on the firewall machine, and I would make sure that the firewall machine filters out the NIS/NFS protocols. rgds, -Greg > Quite happy to read up on this if you want to point me in the right > direction, having trouble sorting the wheat from the chaff!!! > > I know I have been working around this for a long time, but this seems my > best bet - other solutions require too much MS stuff. > > BTW I asked the other day about Calendar Programs like Lotus Organiser, > chased up a few and was led to 'Phpgroupware' which I have installed and am > testing, looks good and when all the features are enabled it will be pretty > darn good at any price! AFter all how much would it cost (time and money) > to put Organiser on the internet? > > Cheers and thanks for reading this, > > > > Simon Bryan > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
