LDAP

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Charles Austin wrote:

> I have a mix of thin client and thick clients for Edubuntu 7.10.  I would
> like to have the thick clients authenticate and mount the user's home
> directory from the server.
> 
> I am guessing that LDAP and Samba is the best way to do this, but I am
> thoroughly confused at the moment.

It doesn't really help you with your LDAP issues but I would say LDAP + NFS
is probably a better choice.  Samba is really meant for connecting unix and
windows, whereas NFS is designed for unix and unix.

Gavin