<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Do you use a hub and spoke, or ring? What engine? rsync? unison? something else?<span><br><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3volution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Remember the issues we have at RMSEL with simply having two different versions of CentOS?<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Issues I have:</div><div><ol><li>Chrome likes to muck with my extensions when I switch between Windows and Linux.</li><li>Firefox needs opened, closed, and reopened when I switch between Windows and Linux. Works fine after that.</li>
<li>Not remember to sync before I shutdown and switch computers or not letting the sync complete before I start using the synced apps.</li></ol><br><br>Shawn T Perry<br>Red Mop Computing Services<br>office: 720-319-7627<br>
cell: 303-881-2623<br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM, David L. Willson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target="_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
huh... So... Y'know, that gives me some pretty good ideas! Like rsync'ing or unison'ing my network home-folder with my laptop.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
--<br>
David L. Willson<br>
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>
RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>
<br>
This is a good time for a r3volution.<br>
<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">----- Original Message -----<br>
> Traditional automount for diskfull systems expects your to export<br>
> /home/your_name from your workstation and makes it available wherever<br>
> you go. In the diskless environment your home is on some server<br>
> some<br>
> where. Maybe with synchronization so that if server A is down server<br>
> B will have a copy. The maps for that environment deal with mounting<br>
> the "best" home available. Then there are the hybrid environments<br>
> that involve both diskfull and diskless nodes.<br>
><br>
> HTH<br>
> chris<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:09 PM, David L. Willson<br>
> <<a href="mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target="_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Why wouldn't I just set a network account's home directory to<br>
> > /net/server/homes/username?<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > David L. Willson<br>
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>
> > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>
> ><br>
> > This is a good time for a r3volution.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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