Joachim Schrod wrote:
Well, I would say that unavailability of the files beneith one's home directory usually makes one's system very unusable as well. What do you do after login? Play xpat2 (not possible, has been removed from openSUSE... ;-))?
I would never trade the convenience of an NFS-based home against the minimal chance that I want to log in and the NFS server ain't there in this moment... Then I could not work anyhow, the server problem has to be fixed first.
What you do after login is try to diagnose the problem with the server! It's more difficult to diagnose it if you can't get a terminal running :) I've been mounting home directories from the server since the 80s on SunOS as Anton says. But in my case I've found that it's easier to diagnose problems with the network or with NFS or DNS servers if my desktop machine is able to run my normal session, albeit without my complete normal data. Just my 2p Cheers, Dave PS Yes I know I could get a session in other ways but that just increases the hassle. PPS e.g. Running different firefox environments is more complicated with an NFS home as opposed to a local home with NFS-mounted subdirectories. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org