On 1/22/06, Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Marty wrote:
> Joseph Smidt wrote:
>> I'm sure you all have seen places where their are many computers networked
>> together. Form any one of them you can access any of the accounts of the
>> others. Multiple computers running the same system, like at office
>> computers all tied together. My question is how do you do it? I have two
>> computers and I want it so I can be one either one and run the same Debian
>> accounts. I have hardware to link the two computers, but how do I connect
>> them software wise?
>>
>
> I think the "traditional" (i.e. commercia) Unix approach is automounted home
> directories: e.g. as described in
http://docs.hp.com/en/B1031-90057/ch03s03.html
> Judging from this list, it seems to be rarely used in Debian, so I'm not sure
> how well it's supported.
>
> Other directories (e.g. /usr/local/) may be shared as well, and in the extreme
> case, clients may remote boot and be diskless except for swap or local data.
> These seem to be rare even in Unix installations, nevermind Debian.
>
> Throw in NIS or LDAP complexities and you will probably have your hands full.
> Unless you have prior experience, or are very ambitious, you probably want a
> mini-Howto on this topic. Let me know if you find it.
It wasn't until after I posted that I recalled reading about a Sarge-based
distro called Skolinux. At first glance it seems to be more of a "diskless"
(thin client) approach, but I think it's largely applicable to other, less
server-centric approaches:
http://www.skolelinux.org/portal/
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Thanks for all your help. I've been reading some of the NFS
Server How-To pages and they have some good information of this.