[off topic, I know] > I assume that mounting $HOME via NFS should work, We've been mounting home directories over NFS for many years, on many clients - not client clients, client servers. Each server involved needs the same password file, which we distribute via NIS/YP. >> Another thing i am interested in is how do i dispatch software to be >> installed on all systems over a network automatically? We use cpdup, but you can presumably use rsync or other methods. You need to control which areas and files are copied, of course. We don't run it automatically: we run it by hand when required. Things that need to be shared real-time are stored in one place only: they are in a database or accessed over NFS. -- Christopher Dawkins Garnetts Corner, Braintree Road, Felsted, Dunmow, Essex CM6 3DS cchd@xxxxxxxx 07816 821659 01371 821076 ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.