Central authentication and roaming profiles

[Nicolas Kovacs]

Hi,

Up until recently, I've been using the "classical" (not to say outdated 
:oD) way of configuring roaming profiles, with a combination of NIS and 
NFS, on CentOS and Slackware. Works very well, though it does have its 
security flaws.

I've decided to move to Ubuntu LTS, and now I'm pondering: what to use 
to setup roaming profiles ? Samba or NFS for the server ? NIS or LDAP 
for user data ? Something else (what) ? I don't mind if there's a lot of 
RTFM to do, as long as the end result is solid and reliable. It's meant 
for production environments like town halls and schools.

Any suggestions ?

Cheers from the cold South of France,

Niki
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