Centralised Linux?

[kevin11951]

Is there any way to do the following things?

1. Centralised Login
2. Centralised Home Folders

I am using Ubuntu Servers, and Ubuntu Desktops on a gigabit LAN.

I tried LTSP, but that dosent work, because I want the operating system and applications to be run locally, but just login, and home folders over the LAN.

-Kevin

[Xbehave]

1)LDAP
2)NFS

I have never used either and there are more advanced alternatives for LDAP, but i think that's where you need to start your search.

[koenn]

yep,
something with ldap and/or kerberos to handle centralised log-on
and nfs to mount user home dirs off a server

[Zzl1xndd]

It is doable, however I have only ever done it with Active Directory and Linux.

However as other have said for the centralized log in you will want some kind of ldap implementation.

http://directory.fedoraproject.org/

and

http://www.openldap.org/

might be of some help to you.