Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] A lab with Linux or Windows

[Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'll second Rick on the Windows NT roaming profile issue.  Don't do it.
Most of the time they work resonably well, but then you'll get weird
errors popping up every once in awhile (like Access not starting and
throwing up a weird error, people not being able to print, slowness
logging into the network, people's IE bookmarks not being properly saved,
drives not being properly mapped [since they can be stored in the profile
as well as a login script], I could go on an on.) and you'll be pulling
your hair out trying to find a problem, but the problem is the user's
profile is corrupted...So you have to remove it from the server and any
workstations they have logged into in the past, so Windows NT will
recreate them a new profile.

Jason Youngquist
EMAIL:PROTECTED

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Rick Buford wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> > >2) A user will find all his files in his workspace no matter which
> > >computer he/she logs onto (in Linux this is done using NFS).
> >
> > Put the workspace on a remote drive and have every machine mount the same
> > drive.  This can be done in windows.  (My Computer - Tools - Map Network
> > Drive...)
>
> Actually, if by "workspace" he's referring to the user's desktop
> environment, he'd be back to the roaming profiles that Camden mentioned.
> My experiences with roaming profiles combined with the word of mouth
> I've heard supports Camden's "don't do it, it ain't worth it" sentiment.
> If it's just a matter of filespace, then mounting a drive, preferrably
> via a login script, would be the way to go.
>
> >
> >
> > >3) Be able to run a script on a remote computer that will stop or start
> > >a background process on each computer in the Lab.
>
> Actually, pstools
> (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml) will do this
> with no modification of the system. Pretty useful stuff in a Winblows
> environment.
>
> >
> > I don't know about that one.
> >
> > Mike
>
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