For autofs stuff...
http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html
For DNS...
- i like running a local secondary on each machine...
couple line entry for each...and accurate within reason
- i do NOT use /etc/hosts... for reasons stated earlier
For passwd stuff...
- i hate NIS...
- i used to copy passwd files around...but...hate that even
worst..
- might go around writing another script...but....yuck...
trying to do it on multiple *n*x distributions
For emails...
- i use autofs to mount the mail server local to each client
have fun
alvin
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Stephan Engelke wrote:
> Hi Mario
>
> Mario Olimpio de Menezes writes:
>
> > I need to set a small lab where one machine will be a server and
> > 3 or 4 others clients. These clients will mount /home from server and I
> > would like to have a central authentication. All machines already run
> > potato.
> > What's the better way to do this?
> > Any suggestion is welcome, please!
>
> I suggest you use the automounter (check the autofs and exports man
> pages) to share the home-directories.
>
> For central authentication you may want to look at NIS or NIS+ (more
> secure). I am not sure if there is a NIS+-impelentation available for
> Linux (our site uses plain NIS).
> These Network Information Services keep a password map in a central
> server.
>
> Name service can be achieved by either setting up a small DNS-Server
> or via NIS/NIS+. You do not really want to update /etc/hosts by hand
> or automatically if you are running on a network -- in my expeirience
> it's just to errorprone.
>
> Cheers -- Stephan
> --
> Stephan Engelke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
