Hi all,
could I enquire how people are dealing with sharing Flame user profiles across multiple Linux systems? We have settled on mounting /home/user/flame on a central storage and syncing it between local user accounts, but I’m curious to see if there are other solutions out there,
Thanks,
Gareth Parry
@GParry - your solve sounds exactly like what would be happening if you are using identity management like LDAP or (brrrr)Active Directory.
it never fails that the studios who demand CIA level security for their outside vendors, basically operate like its 1999 internally.
If it is on central storage, why do you need to sync it at all? Just use that as your /home location.
“The simplest solution, is usually the simplest solution” - Elon Not Musk
@ALan - Gareth’s solution is what you said - centralized.
If he or his firm run LDAP or AD or IAM then this isn’t even a thing.
He’s already mostly doing it the way that others are doing it- the syncing thing sounds a bit redundant to me - he’s just missing that step.
If the network is non-volatile, then mount the home directory from a network share.
If the network server is performant, and redundant, then the problem is solved - no syncing necessary.
If the workstation has to leave the network (laptop flame, on-set flame, blah blah) then the identity management will govern the synchronization with very little administrative effort - log in, check out, check back in, sync automatically, go home, do life…
but yep large firms with outdated everythings - non optimal… soon to be fossilized