Central authentication and roaming profiles
 

Hi,

Up until recently, I've been using the "classical" (not to say outdated
:oD) way of configuring roaming profiles, with a combination of NIS and
NFS, on CentOS and Slackware. Works very well, though it does have its
security flaws.


I've decided to move to Ubuntu LTS, and now I'm pondering: what to use
to setup roaming profiles ? Samba or NFS for the server ? NIS or LDAP
for user data ? Something else (what) ? I don't mind if there's a lot of
RTFM to do, as long as the end result is solid and reliable. It's meant
for production environments like town halls and schools.


Any suggestions ?

Cheers from the cold South of France,

Niki
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Le 15/11/2011 11:28, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit :

I've decided to move to Ubuntu LTS, and now I'm pondering: what to use
to setup roaming profiles ? Samba or NFS for the server ? NIS or LDAP
for user data ? Something else (what) ? I don't mind if there's a lot of
RTFM to do, as long as the end result is solid and reliable. It's meant
for production environments like town halls and schools.

Any suggestions ?


I'm quite surprised that after a week there is not a single response to
a question that should be common to Ubuntu sysadmins. And it's also
frustrating, since checking this mailing list makes me first wade
through heaps of junk messages like "My request to ubuntu developer
team" or "Liam wants to argue" or similar spam. Poor signal-to-noise
ratio as it seems.


Anyone ?

Niki Kovacs

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On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 09:53 +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> Le 15/11/2011 11:28, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit :
> > I've decided to move to Ubuntu LTS, and now I'm pondering: what to use
> > to setup roaming profiles ? Samba or NFS for the server ? NIS or LDAP
> > for user data ? Something else (what) ? I don't mind if there's a lot of
> > RTFM to do, as long as the end result is solid and reliable. It's meant
> > for production environments like town halls and schools.
> >
> > Any suggestions ?
>
> I'm quite surprised that after a week there is not a single response to
> a question that should be common to Ubuntu sysadmins. And it's also
> frustrating, since checking this mailing list makes me first wade
> through heaps of junk messages like "My request to ubuntu developer
> team" or "Liam wants to argue" or similar spam. Poor signal-to-noise
> ratio as it seems.
----
pretty basic/obvious answers

NIS is ancient technology and offers very little security so LDAP is the
way to go.

NFS if we are talking about Linux/POSIX users with 'roaming' profiles
though in actuality, their profiles don't roam, NFS handles the $HOME
directory mounts.

You can easily configure $HOME automounts in LDAP

Yes, the signal to noise ratio is high on this list.

Craig


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Craig White wrote:

On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 09:53 +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:

{clipped}
.... And it's also
frustrating, since checking this mailing list makes me first wade
through heaps of junk messages like "My request to ubuntu developer
team" or "Liam wants to argue" or similar spam. Poor signal-to-noise
ratio as it seems.

{clipped}

Yes, the signal to noise ratio is high on this list.

Craig


It's better than it was a few months ago, though....

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On 22 November 2011 12:45, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
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> Yes, the signal to noise ratio is high on this list.

I think you meant low. Oh I just made it lower :(

Colin

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Colin Law wrote:

On 22 November 2011 12:45, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:

Yes, the signal to noise ratio is high on this list.


I think you meant low. Oh I just made it lower :(

Colin


Heh heh.. good point. It's the noise to signal which is can get too high.

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