[K12OSN] silly ldap questions

[rmcdaniel at indata.us]

David,

Is that an internal site.  I keep getting "connection refused" when
trying to connect.


Ron


Ronald R. McDaniel
Conecuh County Schools
(251) 578-7073 x26
(251) 238-1890 cell
1*4238*104 SouthernLinc
rmcdaniel at indata.us


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] silly ldap questions
> From: "David Trask" <dtrask at vcsvikings.org>
> Date: Tue, March 28, 2006 10:22 am
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
> <k12osn at redhat.com>
> 
> First...go here and download   smbldap-installer   (makes the whole
> process very easy).   
> 
> http://www.vcsvikings.org/docuwiki/
> 
> In the "getting started" section be sure to download the latest version
> from the original server  (majen.net/smbldap).  
> 
> What I do.  I have multiple K12LTSP servers.  These servers have no /home
> and no users.  All my users and /home live on the Samba/LDAP server.  The
> Samba/LDAP server is also the PDC serving roaming profiles for the Windows
> side of things.  Very efficient...easy to backup and works great.  Make
> sure you have gigabit all around between the servers.
> 
> 
> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
> Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 10:32 AM +0000 wrote:
> >Forgive me if these are silly questions, but I'm trying to figure out
> >the possible different ways that people implement smb/ldap with ltsp. 
> > Do people tend to have their smb/ldap machines also be file servers
> >for /home? Will one machine suffice in that configuration or should
> >one have a backup domain controller? Does anyone keep dedicated
> >machines just for authentication and is that possible?  With a single
> >ltsp server, wouldn't that involve smb or nfs mounting /home back on
> >the ltsp server and for linux terminal sessions would the server
> >'know' that it was actually hosting /home and not bother to use the
> >network for file access or would there be some network overhead in
> >doing it that way.   I'm feeling around in the dark here -  shed some
> >light?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Peter
> >
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> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Director
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
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