On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:44:27 +0000 Alan Dawson <aland [at] burngreave.net> wrote: > All, > > I have working linux server - serverA - with a number of users, web , e-mail, > samba, mailman, single static IP... etc all running happily. > > Another server, serverB, is soon to arrive, this has a much better > specification, dual processor, multiple scsi disks. I am looking for ways to > integrate it into the existing set up with as little shakeup as possible, > though i don't mind shaking things up as long as everything lands in one > piece! Also one of the the things I am looking to do is to run linux terminal > services on the new server. > > My first thought were to run NIS on the serverA and set the serverB as a nis > client giving a single log on across terminal server and e-mail, etc ( or > single password at least? ) > I guess I could set serverA to be samba DC and serverB to be a samba member > server giving smb clients access to resources with a single smb password. > > I'm a bit stuck though in how disk access will work. I'd like to be able to > make use of serverB 's extra disk space but can't quite visualise how its going > to work. My users like being able to publish things by dropping them into > their public_html folder. > > could i just export the filesystem off serverB mount it on serverA and then > treat it like a local file system? Create symbolic links for homefolders on > serverA pointing to serverB ? > > Also I've single tapedrive, any recommendations on software to backup multiple > servers? > > > AED > -- > `In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life > presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was > directly lived has moved away into a representation.' > > ------------------------------------------------- > E-mail provided by the Burngreave Community Network > http://www.burngreave.net > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Sheffield Linux User's Group - > http://www.sheflug.co.uk/mailfaq.html > > GNU the choice of a complete generation. AFAIK, NFS exports are just mounted on to the filesystem in an appropriate directory, just like SMB exports. You could just have one share mounted and then symlink to it, or you might want to look into something more complex but more flexible. -- Andrew :-) Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics' respond those who don't want to learn. "Windows is the one true OS. MS invented the GUI. MS invented the 32 bit OS. MS is open and standard. MS loves you. We have always been at war with Oceania."
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