On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:54:29PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
> > I have the actual home directories on the server in /disk/home>
> Doesn't this mean that all your home directories live on a single
> server? The reason we are considering amd (or autofs if it is
> capable) is to be able to have different users' home directories live
> on different machines.
AMD can do it. I've never played with autofs. One thing you can do is
to use multiple layers of indirection - have one map which maps from a
/home directory (or whatever) onto the real homedir volumes which are
themselves automounted from the appropriate hosts. You could just share
a symlink farm, but with a map you should reduce network traffic.
There's also nothing requiring you to have all homedirs under /home
except conveninece.
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