From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 18:23:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E12416A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:23:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4803C43D3F for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.71.12]) by smail1.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 15349875 for multiple; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:12:23 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:23:11 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Hugo Silva" Message-Id: <20040825132311.76975114@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <51209.81.84.174.8.1093444563.squirrel@81.84.174.8> References: <51209.81.84.174.8.1093444563.squirrel@81.84.174.8> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS on a school network - need some clarifications X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:23:52 -0000 On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:36:03 -0000 (GMT) "Hugo Silva" wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a project to change the network on my school to open > source software only (FreeBSD/Linux workstations only). > > I knew about NIS from readings of the handbook years ago, so I > revisited it today, but there' is something that's missing. I > understand the NIS accounts reside on the master server and I have > to add users on the master server. But then, users on workstations > will have their home directories etc referring only to the local > machine. > > I want to have users get their home directories from a central > location too. Is there any 'official' process to make this work, > with NIS if possible ? > > I plan to have a 'student-shared-area' that will be NFS mounted on > every workstation on boot, but I want each user to have their files > available, wherever they login from. > > Also, I assume there is no problem in using NIS accounts with X. > From the logic of it, there shouldn't be any problems. NIS exports info from a passwd file. So this will include user information and ect... groups can also be exported to... the means using NFS you can export a file system or place on a fs. Allowing you to export /usr/home or the like.... > A few last questions, > > Since I plan to switch the whole network from windows to FreeBSD / > Linux(only adding linux because other people want it :-P), I'll need > to substitute the following applications: > > - Visual C++ (anjuta) > - MS Access (?) Just browse till you find a few you like... I personally like xemacs... eclipse and a few others may be a possability too. For Databases, there are quite a few aviable... check them out till you find one that fits what you need. > I don't know much about access, but I believe it's possible to have > a ms-access database server.. if that's the case, is there a open > source client with a similiar GUI to ms access available ? (note: > mysql/etc won't do, the school program says ms access, so we need > something similiar) If the school's whack jobs say you need specifically MS Access, you are screwed then since afaik it has not been ported to any thing except windows yet.