[K12OSN] silly ldap questions

[David Trask]

Our internet is back up.....so now the site for smbldap-installer should
work.   http://www.vcsvikings.org/docuwiki


"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 11:22 AM +0000 wrote:
>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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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100