[Linux-disciples] Multiple users, multiple machines

[Adam Kessel]

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 09:49, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 09:41:48AM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> > If I want to configure multiple users on each of several
> > machines, what's the best way to do this? I obviously don't
> > want them to have to change their passwords on several
> > machines every time they change them on one machine. If
> > possible, I'd also like users who change their KDE or GNOME
> > desktops on one machine see those changes immediately
> > reflected on all the rest.
> The standard answer is to set up NIS, from the package of the same name.

I think additionally you'd want to consider mounting the home directory
as an NFS share.  Thus, whichever system they logged in from, they'd
have the same home directory.  (I think this would be required for the
KDE/GNOME Desktop stuff).
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Adam Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org