On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 20:04 -0400, Ryan Dunn wrote: > 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? If you have nscd (Name Services Caching Daemon) enabled, yes. However, that will only cache the UID/GID lookups, and not authentication. If you are using local authentication, then no problem :) Also, if you wanted a file sharing service that would work better with a laptop, look at Coda instead (at least for home dirs). Coda has a concept of a disconnected mode, and caches locally the most used items that are on the share. --Tim