[wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..

[techmike]

Well, I got NFS working, and able to mount them okay..  Can even read 
fine, but I cannot seem to get write permissions set correctly for some 
reason..  I stumbled around and found I needed to create a directroy as a 
mount point..  Do I need a chmod of that directory before I mount the NFS 
share or anything?

When trying to write I just get a "Permission Denied"

-Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: "techmike" <mikeslists at access995.com>
To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..

> The furthest I've gotten in the past setting up NFS was all the linux 
> boxes could browse the "server".  The NIS part is actually what I got 
> stuck on.  I found a walkthrough back then for it which completely 
> behooved me.
> 
> I'm all for centralized user accounts, we have a lot of employees come
> and 
> go.  As it is now, even adding and removing accounts from 2 or 3
> machines 
> can be chaotic.
> 
> Think one of the other options would be easier to implement?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:23:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..
> 
> > techmike wrote:
> > > I know this has been posted before, but I know a bit more about
> linux
> > then 
> > > I did last time I attempted this project.
> > > 
> > > I'm sure there are good walkthroughs for this out there, so feel
> free
> > to 
> > > point me in the right direction.
> > > 
> > > We have about 12 computers on our lan running Redhat 8/9 (mostly
> 9). 
> > Not 
> > > all users use the same desk.  How could we setup a "roaming
> profile"
> > type 
> > > system where all user accounts and home folders are stored on a
> > central 
> > > system.
> > > 
> > > This central system cannot be a M$ machine due to me having no
> budget
> > to 
> > > work with.  :)
> > > 
> > > Last time I attempted this I was looking into setting up NFS on the
> > > "server", but failed misreably.
> > > 
> > > Any guidence is greatly appreceated.
> > 
> > While there _may_ be other ways to do it, I would suggest NFS, with
> the
> > /home directory mounted on the server, as well as some system of
> > centralized
> > user accounting (LDAP or NIS or Kerberos)
> > 
> > With Red Hat, it seems like the default packet filter rules block
> NFS,
> > so you'll probably have to tweak your packet filters in order for NFS
> > to work.  If you don't use centralized user accounts, you'll need to
> > ensure that each machine has the same user/groupname <-> user/groupid
> > mapping, or permissions won't work right.  Depending on how many
> > machines you have, that's an administrative nightmare.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Bill Moran
> > Potential Technologies
> > http://www.potentialtech.com
> > 
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