On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 05:24:35AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > Hi. > > At work we have a bunch of NFS servers. The servers provide the home > directories for all the employees client machines. > > Most of the employees mount their home dirs manually, but some are > mounted using scripts. Employee John knows he belongs to NFS server 1, > and emplyoee Britney knows she belongs to NFS server 3 and so on. > > Now due to new conditions I have to set up a new system from which ALL > employees are able to mount their home directories from their homes > (where they live). Sounds like you really need more than just NFS-export-to-home sort of thing... What about other things on the network? (email, internal servers via ssh, you-name-it) Would they need access to that too, as if they were in the office? If so, then a VPN might suit you. I'd recommend openvpn ... > Since I only have one IP address at my disposal, I need to set up some > kind of union system in which all home directories apear as they live > on just one server. Besides that I have to figure out what kind of > security I need to use. I have been thinking about AFS, and also NFS > tunneled via OpenSSH. > > About the union thing I first thought of somehow union mouting all the > different home directories on a single machine which then serves as > the access point, but I am affraid if that particular machine crashes, > then no one can get to their files. If you set up a VPN (and the relevant routing etc), then they should be able to mount the drives as they normally do in the office... Hope this helps -- Karl E. Jorgensen karl@jorgensen.org.uk http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/ karl@jorgensen.com http://karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: To give happiness is to deserve happiness.
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