Re: Setting up a bunch of boxen at a small school.
Ciao oivvio polite,
> I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students.
> They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
no problem with linux.
> Of course any user should be able to log into his/her account from any box.
> What are my options here? Have all applications run from a powerful server
> and use boxen as X-terminals, run applications on boxen and store only home
> dirs on server...
NFS
> I'm looking for a setup that's easy to admin remotely and involves zero
> fiddling with the individual boxen.
NIS
> All ideas are interesting but some ideas (that have actually been implemented
> and proven to work on a day-to-day basis) are more interesting.
here it works (20 pc).
/home mounted via NFS
login/passwd via NIS
try it, it's not difficult.
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Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa www.fastflow.it/~paolop
paolop@matapp.unimib.it
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