On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 13:42, Julian Opificius wrote: > Can anyone tell me the "standard" places to put files? > > Specifically :- > > On a multi-user workstation I would obvious use /home/<accountname> for > personal stuff. > > If I set up my LM box as a server, accessible by a couple of Windows > network clients, with some general directories, at what mount point would > the tree start, and is there a standard top level name for it? > > Fairly logically I would create a separate partition for the stuff tree, or > a separate drive even better, right? > > Recommendations happily accepted. > > Julian. > > > > ------------=_1008974456-11608-1000 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
What I do is make accounts for each winbox just as if they were users, then they have access to mail and other services on the linbox. I use the computer name under samba as the login name for the user account, and the samba password as the password and set the config in Samba to sync the passwords. I usually set up one public access directory that can be shared to everyone and then let the individual /home/user directories be exported to their users. It isn't gilt-edged arrangement but it works for most uses. If you are able to use the linbox as the internet gateway, even better, and if you can use a static IP or use one of the services like dynip or yi.org, then you can set up an effective mail server and use something like kaspersky Anti-Virus on the linbox to filter the garbage out of the mail for the winboxes. The possibilities are really staggering. Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
