[comp.unix.admin] MAIL,NFS

mbelshe@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu (Mike Belshe) (05/09/91)

Here is an interesting problem which I have.  I am not even
sure that it is possible to do this.

   We have two clusters of machines:  one cluster consists of two Sun 386i's 
running SunOS 4.0, and the other is a set of nine DEC 5000/200 running 
Ultrix 4.1.  Each cluster is independent with its own yellow pages and its 
own password files.  
   I want to keep both clusters with independent user accounts.  That is,
each cluster would have its own password file.  But, I want to merge
the mail.  So if a person has an account on both clusters, he can get
mail on any machine.
   Now, as far as I can tell, I can put all the mail on one machine, and
then NFS mount the /usr/mail/spool directory.  Will this work?

Thanks in advance for any help.  

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Mike Belshe
mbelshe@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu
EL/EE System Administrator
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo