On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 10:22, Kent West wrote: > Camilo Olea wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I want to know, what can i do to have a linux network equivalent to > > a windows one? This meaning, here at my college, the computer > > lab network is made of a number of win2k PCs, anyone can sit > > down at any terminal, login with his user/pass, and the network > > loads automatically his profile, home directory,etc. > > The users save their files to their mapped network drive, that > > resides phisically at the server. > > This is something I've wanted to do for two years here at my university, > but haven't been able to figure out. > > I *believe* that samba + PAM can now authenticate off an NT domain, but > I'm not sure of it, and I certainly have never figured out how. > > I also believe it can authenticate off an LDAP server, which I've also > tried a bit to accomplish, unsuccessfully. > > All this to say that I *think* it can be done, but I've never done it > (though I'd love to).
I _think_ he's talking about a complete linux replacement for all of the Winboxen, including clients. I believe that NIS+NFS would do it, where the students' /home directories are kept on the server, and exported to the client when the student logs in. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+