Re: [Hampshire] Domain Controllers

Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Can someone tell me please if what I'm trying to do is
> overcomplicating things? I'm thinking of setting up some sort of
> domain controller for the Linux part of my network i.e. to have my own
> (and any other family member's) user area under a remote box as
> opposed to at present where it's located on each box under /home.
>
> The advantages of this are basically to make a backup I just need to
> do one thing - back up the server - and it'll be more secure.
>
> This differs from the current arrangement where all important files
> are copied across to a NAS and backed up when I think about it. So
> working files are under /home/whoever but it relies on me copying
> important stuff across to my NAS as and when.
>
> When I was at Uni - there was a "primary YP master" which handled all
> of this sort of thing but that was (can't quite believe it's so long
> but it is) 17 years ago and things have probably moved on. Should I
> still be thinking about setting this sort of thing up?
>
> It's basically a question of - what do I google for? Linux domain
> controller is just pointing me toward samba sites.
>
> Final question - is this solution going to be any better than my
> current setup - i.e. I could just put more thought into my NAS
> configuration? The trouble is my NAS boxes have interfaces that are
> just so darn bad (NSLU2 and Bufallo Linkstation) that I think anyone
> that knew anything about security could get in with no problem.
>
> Any advice please?
>
> Cheers
> Rob
I think the term you're looking for is roaming profiles, my previous
company did this with Linux (Red Hat 7.0 at the time) so it's definitely
possible, but I don't know any more than that.

James