read about NFS, http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html or samba (if you also want to share files accross windows and linux) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html (or visit samba.org)
NIS is very commonly used for server based authentication http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/index.html but I would suggest that you look into LDAP, this way you can use it not only for Linux/Unix boxes but also your Windows network. Besides, you can use LDAP for many different applications. LDAP howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO.html Marcin Kurc CAD Systems Administrator Cooper-Standard Automotive -----Original Message----- From: Camilo Olea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:30 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Setting up a linux network Hello! I want to know, what can i do to have a linux network equivalent to a windows one? This meaning, here at my college, the computer lab network is made of a number of win2k PCs, anyone can sit down at any terminal, login with his user/pass, and the network loads automatically his profile, home directory,etc. The users save their files to their mapped network drive, that resides phisically at the server. So far the linux network we made is up and running, the pcs can ping eachother... but now what is there to do so we can do all of the above? Any links, man files i should check, anything? Thanks! Camilo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
