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Re: linux file serving



tuvia beker <becket@cc.huji.ac.il> wrote:

>  I would like to set up a linux host as a file server for other linux boxes
>  "in the strong sense". 
>  i.e., I want a comprehensive /usr/local (let's call it /usr/local.dist)
>  tree to sit on a central server and be exported to a whole LAN.
>  The question is whether the current package management systems (rpm and
>  dpkg) allow for easy maintenance of such a server.

Why don't you export /usr/local as /usr/local? And if you do insist on
local.dist, create a soft link from local to local.dist on every client.

Regards,

Evgeny


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