Hello David,
Yes, NT does do that, no Linux can not do that. It is a function of user
management within NT. NT would recognize the difference because of the
security token that is passed during logon. The ACL is read telling the
token what profile to use and file/directory rights the user has. The
profiles could quite possibly be stored on an Linux system, but the drive
would have to "mapped" before the logon took place. Linux does not have the
ability (yet) to do this.
Shon Nixon, MCSE and avid Linux user.
Chief Information Technology
Midrex Direct Reduction Corp.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Masterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: M. Neidorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 3:50 AM
Subject: How can linux do this?
>>>>>> "Mark" == M Neidorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Hi folks, One of the things that a nt server can do for a win based
>> network is store each user's profile so that no matter what machine
>> the user logs on at they get the same icons, etc. on the desktop.
>> Could that kind of nt server be replaced with a linux server? If
>> so, what would do the user profile storage?
>
>NT can do that?? Not where I work. It's unlikely that two different
>systems have the same setup of software, so its unlikely that a user's
>profile or icons could be the same on two separate systems. The only
>way I could see that working is if most (if not all) of the system was
>accessed over the network from a file server. If that's how it works,
>then I see no reason that Linux couldn't be the file server (using
>Samba) -- the NTs wouldn't know the difference.
>
>--
>David Masterson
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