I am currently managing a network of workstations running different flavours of Ubuntu. The server (also Ubuntu) runs a NIS
server and exports a shared /home
directory over NFS
(in v3 compatibility mode). Workstations are configured to mount server:/home
to /home
using static fstab
entries. Users can log-in from any workstation to their account while their /home/xxx
directory is always accessible (Quite old-school).
The problem (one out of many of course) with the current setup is, users can see the whole /home
. If users are not careful with file permissions in their home directories, their data can be accessed by other users.
I need advice on how to improve/upgrade the system, preferably with minimal change to the current setup.