How To Create /home on a Network Drive

[Todd Denniston]

Anthony Messina wrote, On 05/10/2009 02:39 AM:
> no, you're right about that, but i was thinking about this yesterday too.  how 
> does one use their linux laptop like some of the coporate folks use their 
> windows laptops?  when they're at the office, they use the profile on the 
> server; when they're away, they use the "roaming" copy of the profile.
> 
> does such a thing exist for us?  i got to thinking about some crazy rsync 
> script that would run just before disconnecting and right after reconnecting 
> to the "home" network, but that's a kludge.
> 
> anyone doing something like the linux road warrior?

Another (probably) crazy solution might be coda
http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/
http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/misc/stability.html
http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/maillists/coda-announce/0083.html
I have not used it yet, but it has always looked neat.

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter