Hello, I have several linux (FC and Redhat) workstations. I am thinking of implementing a centralized /home for this workstations,using NFS. Authentication is done using NIS. I have several questions about how to implement this, and what's the best way. Here are the options I'm considering: 1. On the server: export /home. On the clients: mount /home. I know how to do this. This should be the simplest. 2. On the server, export /home/user1, /home/user2, etc, thus for each user there is a "export line" for that user home directory. On the clients: mount /home/username whenever username login to that workstation. What is the advantages or disadvantages of (1) and (2) ? I have seen (2) being used on some network (that I don't administer), so I am wondering if this is the usual best practice. Furthermore I'm not sure I know how to do (2). Is there a PAM module that do this ? I have also read that a lot of mount points can put heavy load on the server, so I am not sure if (2) is better. Any suggestions, or pointers is greatly appreciated. Thanks. RDB
