Systemd's new feature: systemd-homed. Your thoughts ?
by Honest Abe from LinuxQuestions.org on (#545C9)
What I know so far about systemd-homed service is basically what I read in these --
https://systemd.io/HOME_DIRECTORY/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-homed
https://www.howtogeek.com/673018/sys...rectory-works/
https://linuxreviews.org/Systemd-homed
I am yet to play with ubuntu 20.04 which bundles this with systemd 245 (I will, in a week or so and add to the conversation), but if any of you have been using this, I would be very much interested in your opinion about it, specially in regards with -
a. Enterprise application - This does not play well with users logging in over ssh or so the links claim. (at the time of writing)
b. /home mounted on a NFS location: It is possible to set up /home on a nfs server (or NAS box) and then use autofs to mount it when it is reqd(when the user logs in). What happens in those cases ?
c. Users managed by AD/LDAP etc - AD keeps the record of UID/GID anyway, so what's the point of keeping that again in .identity ?
d. Anything else you think about it.
Love it ? hate it ? Meh about it ?
https://systemd.io/HOME_DIRECTORY/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-homed
https://www.howtogeek.com/673018/sys...rectory-works/
https://linuxreviews.org/Systemd-homed
I am yet to play with ubuntu 20.04 which bundles this with systemd 245 (I will, in a week or so and add to the conversation), but if any of you have been using this, I would be very much interested in your opinion about it, specially in regards with -
a. Enterprise application - This does not play well with users logging in over ssh or so the links claim. (at the time of writing)
b. /home mounted on a NFS location: It is possible to set up /home on a nfs server (or NAS box) and then use autofs to mount it when it is reqd(when the user logs in). What happens in those cases ?
c. Users managed by AD/LDAP etc - AD keeps the record of UID/GID anyway, so what's the point of keeping that again in .identity ?
d. Anything else you think about it.
Love it ? hate it ? Meh about it ?