Re: basic NFS/NIS help requested

From: rb (rb_at_panix.com)
Date: 01/28/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:18:39 -0500

mike_sutton_nospam@yahoo.com (Michael Sutton) writes:

> rb <rb@panix.com> wrote in message news:
>> I would like to set up one (Indigo2) of a network of three computers to
>> be a file server for the other two, and I would like to mount the
>> users' home directories on the server.

[...]

> You can copy the single line from the passwd file from the client machines
> to the server machine as long as user names/id's don't conflict. This
> will work all the same unless you change a password on one machine it will
> only be changed on that one machine and not the others. If you want to
> change it "for all the machine logins" you'd need to run NIS. But that's
> a little overkill for just 3 machines, so what you are doing will work
> fine.

Thank you Mike, just what I was looking for

RB 

--

Relevant Pages

  • Re: List of servers in this workgroup is currently not available.
    ... Computer description appears before the computer name in the My Network ... Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support ... <recently installed a D-Link print server with a reserved IP. ... <As soon as I uninstalled the print server and rebooted the computers, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: General Suggestions for a novice
    ... home computers, then amount of RAM is fine for the file server. ... file sharing, printer sharing, and a mail server / spam filter. ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • RE: New Update for #70-299
    ... > Segment A contains a single server named TestKing1. ... > Segment B contains all other computers, ... > TestKing?s written security policy states that Segment B ... > Updates on all computers in Segment B to use ...
    (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse)
  • Help with 070-217
    ... The network contains 25,000 computers. ... single Windows 2000 domain named research.contoso.com. ... Server computers that are configured as domain controllers. ...
    (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse)
  • Re: Help with 070-217
    ... The network contains 25,000 computers. ... > single Windows 2000 domain named research.contoso.com. ... > Server computers that are configured as domain controllers. ...
    (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse)