[clue] Well, why the heck not?

[Chris Fedde]

Once upon a time I kept my "critical environment files" in a
subversion repository and did commits and updates to keep a few
workstation environments in sync.  Better is to have a shared NFS home
across all the systems within a management domain.

I've fallen away from both of these recently.  Mostly because of the
uneven firewall rules around the environments I work in today.  Now I
just use a "manifest" file that contains a list of environment files
and directories that I rsync to each new machine I use. I keep no real
discipline or automation around this.   I do it more as a boot strap
for any machine that is going to have a "cfedde" account on it.

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:03 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> Do you use a hub and spoke, or ring? What engine? rsync? unison? something
> else?
>
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> David L. Willson
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> This is a good time for a r3volution.
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> Remember the issues we have at RMSEL with simply having two different
> versions of CentOS?
>
> Syncing key parts of your home directory should be fine as long as you keep
> the software the same version.  I sync my Chrome, Firefox, Documents,
> basKet, Chromium, Pidgin, and Remmina across all my computers.
>
> Issues I have:
>
> Chrome likes to muck with my extensions when I switch between Windows and
> Linux.
> Firefox needs opened, closed, and reopened when I switch between Windows and
> Linux.  Works fine after that.
> Not remember to sync before I shutdown and switch computers or not letting
> the sync complete before I start using the synced apps.
>
>
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> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>>
>> huh... So... Y'know, that gives me some pretty good ideas! Like rsync'ing
>> or unison'ing my network home-folder with my laptop.
>>
>> Has anyone run into real issues sharing a home between distros? I have a
>> couple versions of Ubuntu and a few versions of Enterprise Linux to talk to.
>> What about Windows? Last I tried that, it was kind've a nightmare, but I
>> seem to have blocked the specifics of the nightmare.
>>
>> --
>> David L. Willson
>> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>> RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
>> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>>
>> This is a good time for a r3volution.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > Traditional automount for diskfull systems expects your to export
>> > /home/your_name from your workstation and makes it available wherever
>> > you go.   In the diskless environment your home is on some server
>> > some
>> > where.  Maybe with synchronization so that if server A is down server
>> > B will have a copy. The maps for that environment deal with mounting
>> > the "best" home available.  Then there are the hybrid environments
>> > that involve both diskfull and diskless nodes.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> > chris
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:09 PM, David L. Willson
>> > <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
>> > > Why wouldn't I just set a network account's home directory to
>> > > /net/server/homes/username?
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > David L. Willson
>> > > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>> > > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
>> > > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>> > >
>> > > This is a good time for a r3volution.
>> > >
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