[wplug] System admin book

[Shawn]

Where can I find some info on how to do this with NFS. I thought I could 
do it with Samba running on all the linux boxes.
Thanks guys

John Strange wrote:

>Roaming profiles on linux?
>
>I think you are a little confused, remember unix doesn't have roaming
>profiles.  What exactly are you trying to get to work?  That users have
>the same home directory no matter what machine they log into?
>
>If so NFS/NIS/Automount would be a much better solution for you if you
>are just running linux machines.
>
>- John
>
>On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 16:56, Shawn wrote:
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>>I am desperatly trying to find a book on linux networking. I currently 
>>have 13 pc's running linux and have been trying to use Samba to do 
>>filesharing and roaming profiles.I am begining to think this doesnt work 
>>with out windows in the network. Can I do this with NFS.  My Problem is 
>>that I can create workgroups all daylong with Samba but the clients are 
>>not joining the domain I have specified. They get locked out and I cant 
>>see them. I stuck a win98 client and it joined the domain easily. Why 
>>would a win98 machine join and the linux boxes not?
>>
>>If I can do this with Samba let me know and I will send the config files 
>>to see what Im doing wrong. If I have to do this with NFS   HELP!!! I 
>>have never used it before.
>>
>>Mark Sikora wrote:
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>>>>http://tldp.org/guides.html (network administrator's guide is a *must*)
>>>>
>>>>http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/apps.html#SERVERAPPS (for mail/web
>>>>servers)
>>>>http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug
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>>>Please do not be afraid to reference the wplug mirror of the LDP.
>>>http://ldp.wplug.org
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>>>Thank you.
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