Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:25:25 +1000 From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: Stephen Moriarty <stephen_moriarty@avid.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD disconnected on a notebook Message-ID: <1083633925.59684.39.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com> References: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com>
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I Think that there was something in a SysAdmin mag ( http://www.samag.com/ ) regarding this ... It was based on the availability of / ip number granted / ... from dhclient. After checking that the the appropriate services were started up. I (creak) think it was to do with roaming users in a university environemt... mjt On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 06:04, Stephen Moriarty wrote: > I'm trying to configure FreeBSD on my notebook such that when it's > docked at the office, I'm able to take advantage of networked resources > - NIS, amd, NFS. When I'm away, I want to selectively, and preferably > automatically, take advantage of the more limited network resources, > which usually includes none of the previous examples. Surely, someone > else has already solved this. The only reference I found were relative > to email. > > At this point, my thought is to disable the above network services > until after I've logged in, but this precludes the use of NIS to login. > I would have to always login to a local account. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************
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