[TriLUG] remote mounting of home directories
trilug@trilug.org
trilug@trilug.org
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:01:25 -0400
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Here's my dilemma.
I'll be going off to college soon. I plan on having a server at my dorm
room, and a laptop I use for everything else. I want to be able to mount my
home directory from the server on the go. The server will most likely be
running FreeBSD, while the client will be running Linux. Now, from what I
see I have a few options here:
1. Still have a minimal home dir on my laptop, since if I use an NFS mount
for /home/myusername and couldn't get to it, I'd be screwed. Mount the NFS
homedir at like /mnt/nfshome or something, and manually put files on the
server's homedir when I get the chance, if I've been using the laptop on the
road.
2. If something like this exists, have something that replicates the
server's copy of the homedir on my laptop, allowing me to work offlile when
I can't be connected to the internet, then when I do have an active internet
connection, will automatically synch up with the server's copy and publish
changes. This would be great.
Another very important condition is that the process has to be secure. My
first thought was tunneling NFS through SSH. But, I've seen how NFS freaks
out when the network goes down, and I was wondering if anyone knew of some
other network-based filesystem which is more tolerant/robust in this
condition. If there was something that did my #2 solution with a good deal
of transparency, I'd go for that in a heartbeat.
Thanks!
Robby
Robby Dermody
Bops, Inc.
<http://www.bops.com/> www.bops.com - robbyd@bops.com
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=425084111-17082001>Here's my
dilemma.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=425084111-17082001>I'll be going off to
college soon. I plan on having a server at my dorm room, and a laptop I use for
everything else. I want to be able to mount my home directory from the server on
the go. The server will most likely be running FreeBSD, while the client will be
running Linux. Now, from what I see I have a few options
here:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=425084111-17082001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=425084111-17082001>1. Still have a
minimal home dir on my laptop, since if I use an NFS mount for /home/myusername
and couldn't get to it, I'd be screwed. Mount the NFS homedir at like
/mnt/nfshome or something, and manually put files on the server's homedir when I
get the chance, if I've been using the laptop on the road.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=425084111-17082001>2. If something like
this exists, have something that replicates the server's copy of the homedir on
my laptop, allowing me to work offlile when I can't be connected to the
internet, then when I do have an active internet connection, will automatically
synch up with the server's copy and publish changes. This would be
great.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=425084111-17082001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=425084111-17082001>Another very
important condition is that the process has to be secure. My first thought was
tunneling NFS through SSH. But, I've seen how NFS freaks out when the network
goes down, and I was wondering if anyone knew of some other network-based
filesystem which is more tolerant/robust in this condition. If there was
something that did my #2 solution with a good deal of transparency, I'd go for
that in a heartbeat.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=425084111-17082001>Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=425084111-17082001>Robby</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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