[wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..

[techmike]

Sweetness, I finally got it working..  Now I do have one question about if 
I did this the right way..

On the NIS/NFS server I have /nfshome exported with my NIS users home 
folders.  On all the workstations I have it in my /etc/fstab mounting 
/nfshome on bootup.

The reason I didn't mount it as /home is incase the NIS/NFS server goes 
down, users can use a generic account on the workstation itself without 
much grief and my intervention.

Log in as a user, and it cannot access other users folders, so it looks 
good to me.

Comments / suggestions?

And one more question..

Can I setup disk space quotas on users home folders?

-Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: "techmike" <mikeslists at access995.com>
To: wplug at wplug.org
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:12:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..

> Well, its monday and I'm back at it again..  I'm starting from scratch 
> this time as far as the server goes..  I got it built and installed
> today 
> with a fresh install of redhat 9 and webmin.
> 
> Going to use the guides linked below to get started..
> 
> Will post as my project develops..  :)
> 
> -Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Harrold <jmh17 at pitt.edu>
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:36:05 -0500
> Subject: Re: [wplug] "roaming profiles" in linux..
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sometime in March techmike assaulted the keyboard and produced:
> > 
> > | 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.
> > 
> > we do this with nfs and nis and it works, "out of the box" so to
> speak,
> > with redhat 7,8 and 9. 
> > 
> > | Last time I attempted this I was looking into setting up NFS on the
> > | "server", but failed misreably.
> > 
> > we can probably help you out with the problems you are having with
> nfs
> > if
> > you post some more info on what you have done, what you are
> > expirencing,
> > what you see in /var/log/messages on the server and the client, etc. 
> > 
> > | Any guidence is greatly appreceated.
> >   
> > these might be useful:
> > 
> > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html
> > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/index.html
> > 
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