To elaborate, each user would have a single home directory on a
server machine and the "standard" system services would be transparent to
the client. I know that I'd have to nfs mount the /home directory from
the server, but what I'm not clear on is how to make the system services
transparent, e.g. does one nfs mount the /var/spool/mail directory, for
example, to obtain mail? If not, how does a user on a particular
client obtain their mail without forwarding it to the client or logging
into the server -- without using pop or imap?
If someone knows a HOWTO that describes this or has setup such a
system, I'd like to hear from you.
Thanks in Advance,
Jeff
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Jeffrey McDonald, University of Pittsburgh jemcdon+@pitt.edu
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