Building an NFS Home Directory Server for the NTG Lab
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@Dashrender said:
What does YaST stand for? I'm to lazy for Google.
YaST: Yet another Setup Tool
YaST is one of the Suse claims to fame. Handles nearly everything and has been an integral part of the OS since 1996 making it TWENTY this year!!
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YAST:
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@scottalanmiller I used Suse back in the 90's. I think Yast had a GUI interface as well. Do you know if it still does?
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Sure does, it is built on the Qt Toolkit. I don't have a desktop on my Leap install since it is a server but if you were making an OpenSuse desktop and run YaST from the "start" menu then you would get the full GUI version of it.
I prefer the TUI version since I just want to see it over SSH.
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Yast reminds me of a TUI version of webmin
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Wasn't WebMin based on YaST?
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@scottalanmiller No idea. Maybe. Webmin supports many more distros.
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https://www.suse.com/documentation/webyast/ - a web interface for Yast
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@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller No idea. Maybe. Webmin supports many more distros.
Many more since it supports more than just Linux. YaST is Suse only (and once upon a time Unified Linux, too) and is OEM supported by Suse and fully integrated. WebMin is a YaST-like add on for generic UNIX systems.
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@anonymous said:
https://www.suse.com/documentation/webyast/ - a web interface for Yast
Yeah, that has been around for a while. But not as long as WebMin.
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For NFS why not just use 192.168.1.0/24?
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@anonymous said:
For NFS why not just use 192.168.1.0/24?
Depends, do you want to access it over a VPN? Do you want to use Pertino or ZeroTier? Do you have VLANs or multiple subnets?
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It is not uncommon to only have servers approved to access the storage listed. So many shops will go in and add a server one by one to enable access. If your servers almost never change, this works pretty well and is extremely secure. You can do this in the firewall too, for even more security. But if you are using DevOps and creating and destroying VMs regularly you will want to automate this in some fashion.
