On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 11:46, Michael L Torrie wrote: > On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 11:26, Tony Despain wrote: > > Is samba the best to use even though all my clients will be linux boxes? Or > > would it be better to use nfs instead? > > No, use NFS. But it has nothing to do with LDAP. NFS is a trusting > protocol that has little or no access control based on users or > passwords.
That said, for unified logins and user name uid mappings, you'll need LDAP. The best howto so far is: http://www.bayour.com/LDAPv3-HOWTO.html All LDAP documentation under linux points back to this document. Michael > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: BYU Unix Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: BYU Unix Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [uug] NFS and LDAP > > >Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:02:36 -0600 > > > > > >On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 17:06, Tony Despain wrote: > > > > Here's my situation: > > > > > > > > I want to set up linux boxes that will work similar to windows boxes > > >using a > > > > pdc. I want the linux clients to be able to log into any station and > > >have > > > > there settings remain the same from station to station. I have heard > > >this > > > > is possible using nfs and ldap, does anyone know of a good how to out > > >there > > > > that will walk me through setting up ldap and nfs? thanks in advance > > >for > > > > any help provided!! > > > > > >Sometime soon, Byron and I will being doing a presentation to the PLUG > > >on setting up samba PDC and ldap. > > > > > >In the meantime, I recommend the two books from John Terpstra. The > > >Samba 3.0 howto and the recently released book (whose title I forget) > > >that's something like Samba 3.0 by Example. Both of these books contain > > >enough information to help you set up a PDC with LDAP. > > > > > >Michael > > > > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN > > Premium! > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
