On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:54:32AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * "Norbert Veber" > > | On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 09:40:40PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > | > Oh, throw in NFS-mounted /home and NIS and you have a > | > generic-terminal system - any user can log in to any terminal in > | > any part of the office and go to work. It works for us, at least. > | > | How do you get around users with local root (legitamate or not) nfs mounting > | and masquarading as other users or root? > > <URL:ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/keithl/SES/> for instance, which exports > your home directory only after you have authenticated via kerberos. Sounds useful. Do you know of a kerberos howto or some similar document out there? I didnt see anything of the like in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO Although even with this aproach, the files travel the network in plain text, I was amazed at the lack of options while searching for a secure nfs-like solution for unix. I looked into coda, and I still have nightmares about it at times. I think this would me a great open source project for someone :) Thanks, Norbert
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