Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:09:56 +0000 (GMT) From: pumpkin@uk.pi.net To: "Troy W. Settle" <pitlord@USIT.NET> Cc: FreeBSD-isp mailing list <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: network configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961230170602.278B-100000@Zero-Cool.Hades.Org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961229210801.12458B-100000@use.usit.net>
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> > Currently, the plan is to keep /home on prime, and use nfs to mount it on > radford. All 3 machines will need to be able to authenticate users, and 2 > of them will need to keep track of each user's $HOME > > What's the best way to go about doing this? I really don't think that > manually updating /etc/passwd is an option, as it would have to be done > after every time a user changes his password. How about Kerberos for the authentication stuff and spreading your home directories over the 3 machines and using AMD to auto-mount them onto your shell/web server when required? This is the sort of setup that is used by our department at college - students' homes are split over several file servers and access to various machines for shell accounts is controled by kerberos. > > There's lots of options, I'm wondering which offers the best security for > the convenience, and which is easiest to install. > > Also, how do I restrict shell access to just the one machine? > > > > Thanks in advanced for any info you can offer, > > Troy > > Scot. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scot Elliott | Please note that any opinions | | MEng Computing IV. | expressed are mine, and not those | | Imperial College, London | of the department or college. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | e-mail: s.elliott@ic.ac.uk | IRC nick: PlumbrBoy | | pumpkin@uk.pi.net | "You are everything in my fridge" | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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