/home on server

[albi]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:55:27 +0100
marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:

> I'd like to store all my users' home directories on a server - one 
> glorious /home. Hence, I will need to mount /home from that server.
> 
> I've done a search but not been able to unearth a doc that I can use
> as a guide and, no doubt, point out some pitfalls that I haven't yet 
> considered.

if it's for a "trusted" LAN with linux or BSD-clients, use NFS

server : install nfs-server, edit /etc/exports, restart nfs-server
(in some ubuntu-releases you need to "enable" portmap)

clients : add a line in fstab like below and mount /home 

example fstab-line :

192.168.0.33:/home /home nfs rw,sync 0 0

see also :
https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/network-file-system.html

if the clients are MS-windows machines, then take a look at samba

-- 
grtjs,
albi