On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 17:47, Theo Brinkman wrote:
Yes, all of the machines are Linux. Here's some more details:
I currently have 2 machines, that I'd like to manage /home and login
info centrally. A possibly tricky point is that I'd like to have the
logins and /home managed on the
James Sparenberg wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 17:47, Theo Brinkman wrote:
Yes, all of the machines are Linux. Here's some more details:
I currently have 2 machines, that I'd like to manage /home and login
info centrally. A possibly tricky point is that I'd like to have the
Yes, all of the machines are Linux. Here's some more details:
I currently have 2 machines, that I'd like to manage /home and login
info centrally. A possibly tricky point is that I'd like to have the
logins and /home managed on the server, but still be able to take the
laptop somewhere it
shrugHe'd mentioned that he wanted it cross-platform.
If all machines are Linux then NIS and NFS will do exactly what you
...
I belive LDAP is a bit more than you want for just a few machines.
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I've got a few machines at home that I'd like to set up to share users
so I don't have to keep files passwords in sync across multiple boxes.
I'm having trouble figuring out how to do this. Fact is, as an admin,
I'm a newbie, and I don't even know where to start looking for info on
how to do
One way is NIS + NFS. I believe Mandrake has some tools to configure
both (never done it though).
Guillaume.
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 18:29, Theo Brinkman wrote:
I've got a few machines at home that I'd like to set up to share users
so I don't have to keep files passwords in sync across
What you are talking about is generally reffered to as single signon
(i.e. one signon for all machines). Difference is that you are looking
for a cross-platform deal.
There are 3 primary systems for doing this, one for Windows called
Active Directory, one for Linux which is a combination of
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 15:29, Theo Brinkman wrote:
I've got a few machines at home that I'd like to set up to share users
so I don't have to keep files passwords in sync across multiple boxes.
I'm having trouble figuring out how to do this. Fact is, as an admin,
I'm a newbie, and I don't
If all machines are Linux then NIS and NFS will do exactly what you
want and is very easy to setup.
If you are wanting to share files with Micro*$) then you will want
to add Samba to the list. Samba is also very easy to setup with
Mandrake. At least all these work very well under 9.0.
If you
