Re: Help needed with server setup at work
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:07:04 +0100
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.org.uk> wrote:
> 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 ...
Thank you very much Karl, but they just need to mount their home directories.
OpenVPN still looks interesting and I will look into it. :-)
>
> > 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
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