[K12OSN] OT - OSX Roaming Profile dilemma
Burke Almquist
balmquist at mindfirestudios.com
Tue May 24 12:15:06 UTC 2005
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The use of AFS or CODA or some other advanced file system for
mounting home??
On May 23, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> Seeing these other posts on instructions reminded me of a problem I
> have
> been trying to solve for laptop users. So I figured I'd post here
> quick
> to see if anyone has some advice.
>
> The roaming profiles working in this fashion for users that remain on
> campus at all times is perfect. The NFS mounting makes for fast
> access
> and doesn't make you wait for docs and such to transfer on login/
> logout.
> But then there are laptop users. For some silly reason they want to
> take the machines home to work on things. When they get home the only
> account on the laptop in my setup is an Admin account to which I won't
> give them a password (even temporarily). So you can imagine the
> dismay
> our laptop users will have next fall when they are told they can take
> the laptops home but can't use them.
>
> So. I need a way to possibly setup a local account on the laptops
> that
> will sync with the roaming account from the LDAP server. The sync
> needs
> to occur on login/logout. Ultimately I would like them to log into
> the
> roaming profile at all times when on campus, and only the local
> profile
> when at home.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Jim Kronebusch
> Cotter Tech Department
> 507-453-5188
> jim at winonacotter.org
>
>
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