Linux \home on a NAS - how to?

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  1. SoK

    SoK Three kinds of banker.

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    I have a Thecus NAS which I would like to use for storage of the \home directory when installing debian linux. During the installation procedure I recall having the option of where to store the \home directory. Does anyone know if it is possible for this to be a NAS drive (password protected) as opposed to a local partition?

    This has really stumped me. Any help the linux experts may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
     
  2. Fophillips

    Fophillips What's a Dremel?

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    I take it you are using the NFS protocol. To do this you will need to mount the drive on boot to /home when you boot up. After you install Debian add this line to /etc/fstab replacing the necessary information:
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    server:/home /home nfs defaults 0 0
     
  3. SoK

    SoK Three kinds of banker.

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    Okay. Thanks. Let me do some more reading and let people know how it all went.
     
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