On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:07 pm, steve-ss wrote: <SNIP>
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
Write a script to grab all files from a nominated directory under every home direcory. For example - have each student save their work in /home/<user>/coursework - and then either have an automatic (cron?) or manual script to copy or create links in a collected area.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
It would, most definitely.
Any other thoughts anyone before I go ahead on Monday morning? Any ideas on the logistics of doing this in a school environment? Anyone ever done it? Thanks, Steve.
I've never set it up personally, but I would set it up to work as follows: each group has a /home directory (so there is /home/staff /home/group1 etc...) and each student has a personal directory under that - a student in group1 is in /home/group1/student1 etc. Then each subdirectory of /home is exported so people can maximally see (but not alter) their classmates' directories. I would also use autofs - but that's a whole other story... Dylan -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin