[ubuntu-in] Remote home folder

[Jkhatri]

On 09/08/2009 10:36 AM, stranger in black..... wrote:
> hello.....
>
> I got a work ( along with Jemshid) in Wayanad engineering college, to 
> setup their computer lab with ubuntu. Following are their requirements.
>
>    1. Install ubuntu in all the computers.
>    2. Install ubuntu in server.
>    3. The home folder for the user should be in the server. (This
>       should not be *thin client*, as thin client uses the ram and
>       swap resources of the server, here it should be of the
>       individual computer)
>    4. A user could login from any computer.
>
> Any idea how to work with this.....???
> I dont know from where to start........ Any name for such a 
> network.......????
>
> Suggestions.......???
>
> -- 
> ..............................
>
> Junise Safvan
>
> www.gnuise.co.cc <http://www.gnuise.co.cc>
>
> 9746 283 383
you can use NFS ( network file system) to mount home directory from 
server to client for every user ...... thats it


configure NFS on server ...... ( create home directory on server and 
export to nfs )


mount that NFS directory to the client as home directory


for more details on NFS visit [1]

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo


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