On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > > You seem to be afraid of changing id's but that really isn't that > difficult - especially considering that it's a one time process... > > http://docsrv.sco.com/UG_admin/uaT.chguid.html > > next - you really should consider using ldap which is perfect for > maintaining a single account/password which can be used to authenticate > users on various machines (but that wont create their $HOME > directories). Bonus is that if you use LDAP, the samba users also have > the same uid. > > NFS-4 seems to be overkill for a home LAN setup but if you do some > google searches or at least start with the official documentation on > setting up NFS-4 > > http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/ > (see section on NFS) > > Craig > Thanks for the input. What would you recommend as a home file server instead? Samba? Also, I just got the RHCE book and am just testing things out, so it has been a nice learning experience for me. If I were to use LDAP, what would happen if I tried to use the laptop in the absence of the server? Is a local copy stored, ala how my work windows network works? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080801/9d044d66/attachment-0005.html>