On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 02:35:56AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Not long after I started getting to grips with debian, I asked a similar > question and a guy call Todd Pytel sent me a lot of info and suggestions > for solutions (some of it off-list). You should be able to find the > thread by searching on the following: > > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:44:05 -0500 > Subject: Re: NIS and Samba - can't authenticate Windows 98 clients > I found the thread and there is some good info. I suspected that LDAP would be a component of a good non-hacky solution. But there was nothing about getting a "roaming profile" type of setup. I frequently disconnect my laptop and take it places and I would like to avoid the manual syncing. I will likely setup something that also works with Windows and OS X, since I will likely be adding a Mac in the future and occasionally boot up to Windows for the odd game that runs too slowly in Qemu.
> I'm happy to foward you the off-list stuff as well; I am ashamed to say > that some two years later I've not yet acted on it. Currently I'm using > samba mainly to avoid host based authentication of NFS but I too would > like to find a better solution with centralised authentication. > Please forward the off-list stuff as well. > The smbclient situation in linux is less than satisfactory but seems to > be a well kept secret. I tried xffm, smb4k and a few other network > browsers; reading files works OK but writing to the shares either > doesn't seem to be possible or erratic at best. > > Consequently, I mount all the samba shares on the debian workstations at > boot with fstab. But it would be good to find a (windows like) network > browser that is 100% reliable or alternatively find a different solution > with the same functionality. > I am thinking that automount would certainly make this easier, but not perfect. > Todd gave me a lot of info that I didn't understand fully; these are > the sort of networking issues that 'float his boat' ;) I really need to > re-read it with the benefit of two years debian/linux experience; it > will hopefully mean more to me now. > Somethings can only be truly appreciated with the benefit of experience :-) -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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