Re: Help needed with server setup at work
- From: "Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:07:04 +0100
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 05:24:35AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote:
Hi.
At work we have a bunch of NFS servers. The servers provide the home
directories for all the employees client machines.
Most of the employees mount their home dirs manually, but some are
mounted using scripts. Employee John knows he belongs to NFS server 1,
and emplyoee Britney knows she belongs to NFS server 3 and so on.
Now due to new conditions I have to set up a new system from which ALL
employees are able to mount their home directories from their homes
(where they live).
Sounds like you really need more than just NFS-export-to-home sort of
thing... What about other things on the network? (email, internal
servers via ssh, you-name-it) Would they need access to that too, as if
they were in the office?
If so, then a VPN might suit you. I'd recommend openvpn ...
Since I only have one IP address at my disposal, I need to set up some
kind of union system in which all home directories apear as they live
on just one server. Besides that I have to figure out what kind of
security I need to use. I have been thinking about AFS, and also NFS
tunneled via OpenSSH.
About the union thing I first thought of somehow union mouting all the
different home directories on a single machine which then serves as
the access point, but I am affraid if that particular machine crashes,
then no one can get to their files.
If you set up a VPN (and the relevant routing etc), then they should be
able to mount the drives as they normally do in the office...
Hope this helps
--
Karl E. Jorgensen
karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/
karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://karl.jorgensen.com
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