Re: [K12OSN] K12LTSP 3.1 / DHCP / SAMBA-LDAP question

["David Trask" <dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us>]

k12osn redhat com writes:
>Yes, I plan on running a K12LTSP network but don't have any terminals up
>yet.  But I'd like to plan my infrastructure to be ready for this.  Is it
>easy enough to transfer user and group info off the eSmith box to the
>Samba/LDAP server if I wanted to start with using the eSmith, eventually
>migrating to Samba/LDAP?

Actually I've never done it....so I can't say....I always started anew
>
>
>The ultimate plan is to have many K12LTSP machines throughout the school
>(we
>have a lot of older machines that are prime candidates), all
>authenticating
>through the Samba/LDAP server, with eSmith firewalling / DHCPing, etc.

Great idea!
>
>
>To set up a file server on eSmith, do I achieve that through the
>"information bays" feature?  And is it really just a matter of turning on
>the "roaming profiles" in eSmith?  It sounds too good to be true.

When you create a user...each user automatically has a home directory
created....and yes....it's that simple.  Let me know if you want to try
this and I'll send a copy of my Samba configuration for you to copy or at
least look at.
>



David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us
(207)923-3100