[Charlug] Single Serve (with OS) and multiple clients (each with different environment)

[David Simmons]

> Are you wanting automated installs? automated upgrades? home
directories
> mounted from a central server? centralized host
configuration management
> from the server?

Sorry I
wasn't clear....was frustrated at the time...Here's what I'm looking
for:

1 Central server that will hold the OS image/etc (that way
I only have to update one machine)

multiple client machines
that will run their 'system' from the central server - but have a
networked /home directory...and different setup per machines.=A0 I'd
like to have auto-logins based on MAC address.

In a nutshell -
this is for home....I have a computer for each of my three kids - I'm
tired of admin'ing three machines - I'd rather just setup one, and run
their machines diskless...BUT, each machine has it's own setups (which
shouldn't be a problem, because each would have their own user accounts
and /home directories)....BUT, I'd like two of them to auto-login.....and
all of the PXE stuff I'm finding is from 1999?! =


Was wondering
if other's ran into this....what are they using?....and is 1999 data still
accurate?

Thanks in advance! - Dave
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