On Friday 10 September 2004 03:52, Micha Feigin wrote: > I have a difficult problem of setting up and maintaining mostly > identical linux installations on several machines which are sitting on > a local switch which is also the gateway to the outside world. > > The problem is that they are not the same hardware, there needs to be a > server (although it should still have mostly the same setup), a password > sever (maybe possible to just use regular passwords here if its not too > insecure), a computer that is connected to the printer/scanner (which is > a different computer) and possibly a web server (not sure if it will be > connected). > > The easiest solution, if it is possible, is to mount root through nfs, > and then mount home from the local disk (this sounds easy enough), the > problem is that due to the slightly different hardware (X setup), and > different servers (printer/password/job que/...) I need to override > some files in etc. > > It sounds like I can play around with links from the nfs mounted etc to > a local mounted etc, but it sounds like a real pain, and it allows me > to override only all or none of the files (possible bypassable with > multiple redirection). > > Bottom line, is it possible to mount /etc through nfs and the override > some of the files with local ones without resorting to playing around > with links?
I don't think I understand your setup, or the reasons for it, but I can still make some (hopefully) useful comments. I don't believe it's possible to mount /etc/ through nfs and override some of the _files_ with local ones. You can override some of the directories by mounting something else after the original mount (at least, I think you can), but there's no way to override files. If /etc/ has to be unique to each computer, why are you nfs mounting it at all? Why not just nfs mount /usr, /home, ... and leave /etc as local? Justin Guerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
