On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 08:11, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 05:31, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> >
> >>Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>Open Filer? I haven't used it but it's based on CentOS:
> >>>>>www.openfiler.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Unfortunately, it doesn't provide the
> >>>>authentication/authorization aspect that he needs. He'd need
> >>>>a 2nd server for that.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>This looks like an interesting project. The problem with it is that it
> >>>is a whole distro, so I can't have auth on the same server?
> >>
> >>nothing stopping you from actually ssh'ing in and setting up openldap if
> >>you like.. on the same box. But the gui frontend for openfiler, at this
> >>stage, will not help you with the process.
> >
> >
> > It would be a great addition to that project though. Or to
> > the Centos-based SMEserver if you add NFS too. Then you could
> > build one box where you add users and get home directories
> > and use any number of other Linux or windows workstations
> > where anyone could log in with network authentication and
> > have his home directory auto-mounted.
> >
>
> NFS support has been in OpenFiler as long as I can remember.
>
> As is ftp, webdav and smb.
I meant that SMEserver needs NFS. It already has the
SMB server and web-based user management suitable
for windows clients. I think you can drop in the
stock Centos RPMs on the version 7 beta to add it
back but then you still need network authentication
for Linux/unix clients.
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Les Mikesell
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