On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 12:36, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > 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. > > I can't speak for Camilo, but for me, NIS+NFS would require a second > database of account information, paralleling that which is already in > the NT Domain, or am I (hopefully) mistaken? It's impractical for me to > try to duplicate the student logon information.
You can see it this way.... Or just the opposite: running a NT Domain you need to duplicate the NIS database. Michel. > > Thanks anyway! > > Kent > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >