[K12OSN] Apple Xserve as /home ?

[Shawn Powers]

I'm having significant problems with netatalk in my network -- I'm not 
sure if it's because I'm sharing /home directories that are mounted via 
nfs, or what -- but the .AppleDB folders get corrupt every time a user 
logs out.  (Note, this problem was mentioned on this list before, and I 
haven't found a solution yet, even reinstalling on a second server... 
ugh.)  Right now, I have a cron job that deletes the .AppleDB folder in 
everyone's home directory every 3 minutes.  What a kludge -- AND it 
causes instability for users currently logged in (but not as much as I 
though it would...)

Anyway, if I buy an actual Apple server, can it export /home for my 
linux boxes?  (And my Microsoft boxes?)  I still need good support for 
OS9 clients, so I can't just use samba.

Anyone using an xserve as your /home directory server?  Advice one way 
or another?

Thanks,
-Shawn
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Shawn Powers
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Inland Lakes Schools
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