/home on server

[marc]

marc said...
> 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.

Supplementary question:

What happens should I attempt to login (to Gnome or KDE, say) and the 
remote NFS /home is unavailable? I presume I'll be dropped into console.

How do folk manage this, practically? Script a fallback /home?

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Best,
Marc