On Tuesday 19 October 2004 03:50, Russell W. Behne wrote: > I want to network 2 computers off of my host. (One for each of my kids.) > Right now both new boxes are windows only. I have a couple old hard > drives that I will install, one in each box, to use for Linux. I want: > > 1. Both computers to be able to dual boot using lilo, Linux as > default, with a super-bare-bones Linux install, (See #3.) > 2. Use static IP addresses for all 3 machines, 127.0.0.1 for > mine, 127.0.0.11 for the first dual-boot machine, and > 127.0.0.12 for the second. > 3. Linux to boot its files systems from my host over the > network, so on upgrades upgrading the main box will update > all 3. > 4. A common password system, where all passwords are maintained > on the main box. > 5. Each of the 2 boxes will have it's own /home/$user directory > (to save space on the server), the main box will have all > other user directories in its /home, and /home appears > identical on all 3 boxes, so one can login on any machine. > 6. Set up things to that the 2 kid's boxes have a `time window' > when they can be connected to the Internet, (not 24/7.) > 7. Limit instant messaging, as above, to certain times of the > day, and set a quota of how long per day they can use IM. > 8. Keep a watchfull eye on what they're doing, and what they're > viewing. > > How do I accomplish all this, in what order? Exactly which howtos can > help? I don't even know where to begin!
2/ You have already know not to use those addresses. 3/ Yes its possible, but if you know nothing about networking, then it will be quite a challenge. There are some specialist Linux distros designed to be booted this way. A simpler alternative approach is to use the standard Mandrake Software updating system urpmi in its 'parallel mode' in which it will update many computers simultaneously. See 'man urpmi' for details. Mandrake use urpmi in its parallel mode to update super computer clusters. 4/ LDAP will do this http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO.html never had to use it myself. I just set the paswords the same on all the kids computers. If you install the 'drakwizard' rpm, then your Mandrake Control Centre will contain a new 'server' section which includes a wizard to set up LDAP. 5/ It is actually simpler to keep the /home on the server. If your kids computers are capable of a PXE boot (network boot), then you do not need a hard drive on the kids computers at all. Absolutly everything can be done over the network. 6/ I do that very simply by using a cron job to put a command into the shorewall firewall to block or unblock connections. I restrict access to individual sites to 15 minutes in each hour so they cannot spend hours at a time in chat rooms. See http://www.shorewall.net/ (shorewall is the standard firewall installed by Mandrake) 7/ As per 6. The shorewall firewall will do that for you in association with cron. 8/ DansGuardian or SquidGuard will restrict access to unsavoury sites. They both work in conjunction with the Squid proxy server. There are many reporting tools for use with Squid. I use Squeezer, but squeezer is not particularly easy to get working. http://www.squid-cache.org/ http://dansguardian.org/ Operating a Squid proxy will speed up Internet access for you all by caching frequently used pages. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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