Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:56 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network freebsd computers Message-ID: <20090922204256.GA86783@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090922204041.GA47007@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <BLU0-SMTP94A0279291FD20358E7D2E93DC0@phx.gbl> <8DFC1B25-8AED-4CD1-ABDC-7A9DDF45C362@olivent.com> <BLU0-SMTP22DAC69001869CA07A8B4793DC0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909221222480.10016@wonkity.com> <BLU0-SMTP88BA9159A1905AF96AE51993DC0@phx.gbl> <20090922185317.GA86411@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20090922190821.GD46344@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <BLU0-SMTP2599DFDA511B81C589FF5793DC0@phx.gbl> <20090922204041.GA47007@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 03:40:41PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 03:29:43PM -0400, Carmel NY wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:08:21 -0500 > > David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > It would, but he's approaching the problem with Windows-colored > > > glasses. > > > > I am not sure what that is even suppose to mean, so I'll just ignore it. > > It means you are trying to make Unix conform to your Windows habits. For > security, simplicity, and security (yes, "security" twice) we are not in > the habit of wantonly sharing our file systems. Historically remote > login has been difficult on Windows systems while file(system) sharing > has been relatively easy so Windows Administrators learned how to manage > systems by pushing files around on shared file systems. I'm saying it > sounds an awful lot like that is what you are trying to do. If so then > you will quickly find Unix doesn't like to let root (Administrator) > easily cross system boundaries. Really, it sounds like this guy is a candidate for AFS. Actually probably serious over-kill for his situation, but it does wonders. I think there is now (again) an OpenAFS for FreeBSD. AFS plus X-windows would more than do it. ////jerry > > Meanwhile others have listed a multitude of utilities for shooting files > across multiple machines, including simple terminal login and more > advanced GUI X11 login. None of which use shared file systems as their > core connection method. > > Expanding on what I said earlier, if "joe" is userid 1001, do not reuse > 1001 on any other machine unless "joe" has an account there too. Unix > file ownership is by userid and groupid *numbers*. The number doesn't > have to be defined in the password or group databases to be used. Most > file sync and archivers only use the numbers. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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