Ciao oivvio polite, > I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students. > They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
no problem with linux. > Of course any user should be able to log into his/her account from any box. > What are my options here? Have all applications run from a powerful server > and use boxen as X-terminals, run applications on boxen and store only home > dirs on server... NFS > I'm looking for a setup that's easy to admin remotely and involves zero > fiddling with the individual boxen. NIS > All ideas are interesting but some ideas (that have actually been implemented > and proven to work on a day-to-day basis) are more interesting. here it works (20 pc). /home mounted via NFS login/passwd via NIS try it, it's not difficult. -- Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa www.fastflow.it/~paolop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
