We want to create a debain based storage server and mount /var/www/ /home and other directories from it onto other servers and workstations.
Right now we're looking at smaba, autofs, amd, smbfs. We've heard bad things about NFS security, but maybe we haven't looked at it close enough. What is the best way to run a storage server and mount its shares on other machines? Has anyone else out there had any success in using autofs or amd in combination with smbmount to do this? Is autofs or amd even necessary (network mount can be added as type smbfs in fstab)? We've looked at: Automount mini-Howto http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Automount.html Autofs Automounter HOWTO http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html Tried: modifying /etc/fstab to mount smbfs partition -- ran into the username/password and permissions issues below amd package -- seems to be oriented towards using NFS, but the autofs autmounter howto does mention samba towards the bottom of section 5.3 Problems: smbmount requires username and password - this seems to be fixable by using a file containing credentials and making it viewable only by the owner permissions on mounted directory - did a sample mount and the file permissions for home directories ended up being 755 root root instead of 755 user group - perhaps this problem can be remedied by the machines sharing the same passwd and shadow files (in the long run LDAP will be used) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
