[CentOS] Simple solution for small network in a school ?

Sun Jul 11 21:20:06 UTC 2010
Carel Lubbe <carel.lubbe at gmail.com>

Hi Niki,


Have you had a look at the K12 systems available from different distro
vendors? It is build specifically for schools.

http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=linux+K12&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=v&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=NTQ6TJjAGIvEsAP2j71R&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQqwQwAw

http://www.k12opensource.com/

http://www.k12opentech.org/implementation-study-2-indiana-desktop-linux

https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/

Kind regards,
Carel


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On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to install a small network in a school in a nearby village. The
> network will be Linux-only, one server and fifteen desktops. Here's the
> idea.
>
> 1) Authentication should be managed centrally on the server.
>
> 2) User home directories should also be on the server.
>
> 3) Users should all have disk quotas, something like 1 GB per user.
>
> 4) Some shared directories should be read/write for a defined group of
> users (teachers) and read-only for others.
>
> So far, I've only dealt with local authentication. I have a little
> practice in basic setups of Samba and NFS and managed to get these to
> work OK. On the other hand, I've never worked with NIS, LDAP or the likes.
>
> My question is more general, and I don't want to go into technical
> details. According to the KISS principle, which solution would you
> recommend (or explicitly *not* recommend)? A mix of LDAP and Samba? Or
> NIS and NFS? And what's this thing called Directory Server, which
> vaguely sounds like it's the right way to go?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers from the hot South of France,
>
> Niki
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