/home on server

[marc]

 said...
> marc wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Any pointers? Thanks.
> > 
> 
> nfs is what you likely want.  It will let you mount a remote directory.
>  There are plenty of how-to's better than I can write, just do a search
> for nfs howto.

Yup, ta, I was hoping for The Definitive Guide(tm). Still, it looks 
pretty straightforward... oh the times I've thought that.
 
> For /home, you'll need to make sure each desktop's user id's are
> identical.  i.e. if user "Foo" is uid 500, it has to be 500 on all the
> machines, and user "Bar" uid 501, etc.

Useful tip. Thanks. 

-- 
Best,
Marc