[KLUG Members] An NFS design/use question...

[Bruce Smith]

> To NFS admins....
> Please rate my progress in the NFS food chain, based on this idea, and
> maybe provide some lucid comments to indicate why you have scored me the
> way you did.
> 
> Consider:
> mount nfs-one:/Users /home
> mount nfs-two:/shared/mail/joe /home/joe/mail

As a tip, it's possible (and sometimes less confusing) to mount the
remote directory on a local directory of the same name.  i.e.:

nfs-client1> mount nfs-server:/home /home
nfs-client1> mount nfs-server:/var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail

nfs-client2> mount nfs-server:/home /home
nfs-client2> mount nfs-server:/var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail

nfs-client3> mount nfs-server:/home /home
nfs-client3> mount nfs-server:/var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail

....

That way the users have their home and mail in the same location no
matter where they login.  And you can also distribute your passwd file
and not worry about different home directory names on different boxes.

> The ratings (please check one):

N/A.

 - BS