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What is a best pratice when it comes to "centralized software management" in a Solaris environment ?

Today I have 1 file server which handles NIS/NFS and some other services.

I have about 30 client workstations which serve as clients to the file server.

Today I share common applications like compilers etc. from /usr/local on the file server. The clients mount /usr/local from the file server on /usr/local.

I know this is not the best way of doing things.

What is a "best practice" when it comes to "centralized software management" ?

[729 byte] By [eraboge] at [2007-11-25 22:43:52]
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... it really depends on your particular situation...

...if you are only sharing applications like compilers, you could easily install those in the workstations and get rid of the NIS/NFS headache... you can write simple scripts to install any app on all your clients...

...if you are sharing documents, you could do a web server that would allow everyone to read/retrieve all docs through their browser, or a simple script in the clients that would display the available files in the file server and fetch/open the files requested....

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