How about thumbprint identification at the front door so you always know who is home or not... Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Wilson" <wilson at visi.com> To: "TCLUG" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:49 PM Subject: [TCLUG] home servers for family use > Hi everyone, > > Like many of you I'm sure, it seems like my family and I are running in > opposite directions all too frequently. I've been thinking about this > problem a bit lately and I'm wondering if there's something that can be > done to address at least the more mundane aspects of the problem. > > I'd be curious to know if anyone on the list has implemented a home > fileserver with (I'm just throwing out some names here) LDAP, email, > shared calendars, sync for multiple PDAs, thin client access from > somewhere in the house, iCal, CODA, Inter-mezzo, phpGroupWare, etc. > > I'm thinking that if I had a single file server that could serve as our > family information hub, we might be a little more organized. Of course, > leaving Post-its sticking around the house might end up being just as > effective. But it's not as fun to ponder. :-) > > So has anyone tried something like this? Obviously there are many levels > of integration possible, but I'm wondering about some of the more > ambitious ones. > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >