On 9/24/06, P Jones <deerfieldtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 9/24/06, Andrew Robinson <awrobinson-ml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm looking for advice on managing my home directories on my home > network. I have various flavors of mostly Fedora on various computers > and sometimes on various partitions on the same computer. I'm trying to > figure out the most convenient way to combine what's common between them > with what's unique to each installation. > > It would be trivial if I could put all the common stuff in a single > directory, like a "My Documents" in Windoze. I could NFS-mount from my > main server and link that directory into each home directory. > > However, a number of applications seem to want put their configuration > and data in dot directories directly in the home directory. jpilot and > thunderbird are two examples. At this point I am identifying these > applications and creating links. The more applications and the more > installations, the more tedious and error-prone this approach becomes. > Is there a better way? > > Thanks! > > Andrew Robinson Andrew; I can tell you what I do with my small linux/sometimes Windows network, although I can't tell from your post exactly what you're trying to do with "common stuff". It sounds like you're thinking about things in a Windows kind of way (no offense). Anyway, I have a server that I put all my home directories on and share by NFS. I used to use NIS, but for the few numbers of users and machines it is unnecessary (and all of my workstations run FC5). I mount the home directories either using fstab entries or with automount. I put a common docs directory in my home directory and share it by NFS and SMB, and then link to it in each home directory. I have a cron job that backs up the home directory on the server every night. Since the home directries are on the server I can shut off the workstations at night. I use SME server (a RHEL based server distribution). I make sure that users on the workstations have the same UID/GIDs as on the server (very important for NFS). Although using NFS on SME isn't built in, it can be done effectively in small networks that don't see a whole lot of change. Most importantly GIDs are the same as FC. But I'm still curious about your noting the location of the hidden application directories in the home directory. -P -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Hi Andrew and Mr. Jones! Seems like everybody has something hidden in the home directory. Here is my list: ---------------------------------------------- tod@tod-desktop:~$ ls -a -d -l .* drwxr-xr-x 36 tod tod 4096 2006-09-24 09:37 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2000-01-02 13:18 .. drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2006-08-05 02:23 .AbiSuite drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2006-09-07 04:27 .adobe -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 205 2006-09-15 17:26 .aspell.en.prepl -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 22 2006-09-15 17:26 .aspell.en.pws -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 1752 2006-09-18 02:03 .audacity -rw------- 1 tod tod 6465 2006-09-23 02:17 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 220 2000-01-02 13:18 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 414 2000-01-02 13:18 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 2227 2000-01-02 13:18 .bashrc drwxr-xr-x 2 tod tod 4096 2006-08-16 16:17 .cddb drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2006-08-27 00:52 .config drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2006-08-03 23:50 .cups -rw------- 1 tod tod 26 2000-01-02 13:29 .dmrc -rw------- 1 tod tod 16 2000-01-02 13:29 .esd_auth drwxr-xr-x 7 tod tod 4096 2006-09-20 03:15 .evolution -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 0 2006-08-03 01:41 .fonts.cache-1 drwx------ 4 tod tod 4096 2006-09-24 09:37 .gconf drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2006-09-24 18:28 .gconfd drwxr-xr-x 21 tod tod 4096 2006-09-20 13:29 .gimp-2.2 -rw-r----- 1 tod tod 0 2006-09-22 09:40 .gksu.lock drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2006-06-20 20:39 .gnome drwx------ 12 tod tod 4096 2006-09-23 23:23 .gnome2 drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2000-01-02 13:29 .gnome2_private -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 1492 2006-08-16 20:26 .grip -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 58 2006-08-16 16:21 .grip-bladeenc -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 68 2006-08-16 20:26 .grip-lame -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 85 2006-08-16 16:14 .grip-oggenc drwxr-xr-x 2 tod tod 4096 2006-08-07 10:52 .gstreamer-0.10 -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 85 2000-01-02 13:29 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 -rw------- 1 tod tod 1014 2006-09-24 09:37 .ICEauthority drwx------ 3 tod tod 4096 2006-06-20 19:11 .kde -rw------- 1 root root 35 2006-08-31 04:06 .lesshst drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2006-08-27 00:52 .local drwx------ 3 tod tod 4096 2006-08-05 01:37 .macromedia drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2006-06-20 21:59 .mcop -rw------- 1 tod tod 31 2006-09-14 13:48 .mcoprc drwx------ 3 tod tod 4096 2000-01-02 13:29 .metacity drwx------ 4 tod tod 4096 2006-08-05 01:29 .mozilla drwxr-xr-x 3 tod tod 4096 2000-01-02 13:29 .nautilus drwx------ 3 tod tod 4096 2006-09-23 02:18 .openoffice.org2 drwxr-xr-x 2 tod tod 4096 2006-08-15 00:29 .qt -rw------- 1 tod tod 58475 2006-09-23 01:04 .recently-used drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2006-06-20 09:41 .scim -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 0 2000-01-02 13:32 .sudo_as_admin_successful drwx------ 4 tod tod 4096 2006-07-12 07:02 .thumbnails drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2006-09-14 14:10 .Trash drwx------ 2 tod tod 4096 2000-01-02 13:29 .update-notifier -rw------- 1 root root 3176 2006-09-19 04:09 .viminfo -rw------- 1 tod tod 122 2006-09-24 09:37 .Xauthority -rw-r--r-- 1 tod tod 757 2006-09-24 09:38 .xsession-errors tod@tod-desktop:~$ ------------------------------- I know that within .mozilla I will find a Firefox directory with my Firefox preferences. I see OOo, Gimp, X. it is quite comprehensive. I think we should also keep in mind that SELinux may need to be able to catalog these when updateing. I shall be courious what you all find and experiance. Please keep us informed. Thanks! Tod
