Recommendations for NFS mounts on RedHat network

From: Robert Mitchell (robert.mitchell4_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 11/05/03

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    I would like recommendations on which mount points to make for a network
    of RH8 systems. I have one server, and 3 clients. I am running NIS to
    share login/password info. I am mounting /home and /opt from my server
    to each client. I would like to mount /usr and /lib too I guess, but
    when I tried it the machine would not shut down cleanly. It kept
    hanging when unmounting /usr.

    Also, when I install each machine, it has a /usr created on the local
    drive, then I mount the one from the server. How can I then delete the
    local /usr (or /lib)

    What about /etc? Can I mount /etc from my clients?

    Is there any way to synchronize the root userid so that root on one
    machine can be root on any machine? (I'm behind a fw and trust all
    machines/users)

    I would think that this would be a common setup procedure, but I didn't
    find a howto! What am I missing?

    Thank in advance!
    Rob Mitchell


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