On 20091011_100205, Neal Hogan wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Dean Chester > <dean.g.ches...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been asked to set up a network of between 6 and 10 computers, using > > linux yet i don't know what to do. I've decided to allocate 2 as servers and > > because we have to run our network with in another network so we are hoping > > to run the 1 server as a copy of the other one just it will be sitting > > outside of the firewall(not allowed to open other ports on the firewall) so > > we can access documents at home, i'm thinking of running a webdav server to > > do that part.. Now the main problem how would i go about configuring the > > workstations to allow home directries on any computer so users do not have > > to have specific computers and they can go in and use any freely avaliable > > machine. I am open to another suggestions. > > Thanks in advance > > Dean > > I'm curious what you've looked at b/c there is a lot of info > available. When I google 'debian networking' I get a bunch of (what > looks to be) good stuff. > > As far as users having access to there home dirs from any machine, why > not have them ssh into the server, where their home dirs are located. > You can set up ssh to forward X packets (man ssh) and they can run a > desktop on their local machine, but through the server. > > Just a thought . . . > > > >
Neal, (and others who know something about an issue about which there is a poorly worded question on this list) Your answer is the sort of thing I would love to get when I am confronted with a question about which there is much too much data on the web. That two word search string, with your assessment that a lot of the hits are good is the sort of thing I can imagine OP will find very reassuring. Also, using ssh cuts through a lot of old verbal fog about security that is left over on the web from long ago (in internet time) before ssh became available. Thank, for creating a good example. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
