Just about all applications known to man store settings in the users
home directory (usually in a "." file or directory). So if you
use NFS in conjuntion with NIS, and have your users home directories
stored on a file server then all their settings will be there when they
log in. This is the met
NFS will do the job nicely, you can use autofs to automatically mount home
directories as needed.
there's a quick little howto at:
http://cork.linux.ie/articles/nis-nfs.php3
NFS is used for home directories in the ECE unix lab, but I can't speak for CS.
Patrick
Quoting Vishal Doshi <[EMAIL PRO
Hey Guys,
I'm a newbie to Linux.
I just wanted to know if it was possible to have centralized user profiles on Linux. I know NIS handles central authentication, but I'm looking to have any person log-on from any machine and have his/her settings come up. I'm not sure if NIS does that too.
