[K12OSN] silly ldap questions

[David Trask]

First...go here and download   smbldap-installer   (makes the whole
process very easy).   

http://www.vcsvikings.org/docuwiki/

In the "getting started" section be sure to download the latest version
from the original server  (majen.net/smbldap).  

What I do.  I have multiple K12LTSP servers.  These servers have no /home
and no users.  All my users and /home live on the Samba/LDAP server.  The
Samba/LDAP server is also the PDC serving roaming profiles for the Windows
side of things.  Very efficient...easy to backup and works great.  Make
sure you have gigabit all around between the servers.


"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 10:32 AM +0000 wrote:
>Forgive me if these are silly questions, but I'm trying to figure out
>the possible different ways that people implement smb/ldap with ltsp. 
> Do people tend to have their smb/ldap machines also be file servers
>for /home? Will one machine suffice in that configuration or should
>one have a backup domain controller? Does anyone keep dedicated
>machines just for authentication and is that possible?  With a single
>ltsp server, wouldn't that involve smb or nfs mounting /home back on
>the ltsp server and for linux terminal sessions would the server
>'know' that it was actually hosting /home and not bother to use the
>network for file access or would there be some network overhead in
>doing it that way.   I'm feeling around in the dark here -  shed some
>light?
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>Thanks,
>Peter
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100