Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Quoting Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi folks, >> >> This is a bit of a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway... > <snip> >> Now I was wondering if it was possible with Samba to configure it so >> when a new Samba account is created, an equivalent *nix login account >> and home directory is created on the backup servers? > > 1) Use LDAP with replication instead of /etc/passwd > 2) Rsync /home as part of a cronjob across all the servers > 3) Ensure that you can run LDAP traffic across the VPN (If you;re not > already, try using openvpn - it rocks!). > > HTH, > > M.
Cool thanks for that. Anyone know of any good guides on LDAP? Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
