From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 6 14:49:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612CA37B416 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:49:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b157.otenet.gr [212.205.244.165]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g26Mn7uj001926; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:49:08 +0200 (EET) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g26Mmu0s030151; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:49:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g26HQAOm026611; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:26:10 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: hades.hell.gr: charon set sender to keramida@freebsd.org using -f Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:26:10 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Tom Rhodes Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/35098: [PATCH] Handbook NFS stuff Message-ID: <20020306172610.GD11735@hades.hell.gr> References: <200203052340.g25Ne2R93047@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200203052340.g25Ne2R93047@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > - Have several machines on a network and share a CDROM or > - floppy drive among them. This is cheaper and often more > - convenient. > + Set several machines to share a CDROM or > + other media among them. This is cheaper and often > + a more convenient method to install software on multiple machines. "This is a cheaper and often" ^ > + On large networks, it might be more convenient to configure a > + central NFS server in which to store all the user > + home directories. These home directories can then be exported to > + the network so that users would always have the same home directory, > + regardless of which workstation they log in to. These home directories can ... network. This way, the users will ... I find the use of 'can' and 'would' a bit awkward here. But we're nitpicking on this patch for quite a while now. IMHO, if nobody else has any objections, I'd like to see this go in. Minor mistakes can be corrected if and when they're found, later on. It looks pretty good now. Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message