<html><head></head><body>Require login to mount and require encrypted hard drive on all laptops. It won't be any worse than any other cifs mount process.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On January 14, 2020 10:30:42 AM EST, Todor Fassl via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">I am supporting an undergraduate research cluster. Undergrads can ssh <br>into the cluster and do mathematical research via Matlab, Mathematica, <br>Magma, Sage, etc. I think there are 9 different computational algebra <br>systems on the cluster plus python, gcc, etc. Anyway, most of the <br>students have been using ssh to log into the machines and then using <br>emacs or vi to write their code. A handful of students write the code on <br>their own computers and then scp it to the cluster. A few use and sshfs <br>client. I was thinking of installing samba so students who use Windows <br>could map a network drive. I am not sure the ports would be open by a <br>typical ISP or on the campus firewall. But I might be able to make it <br>possible for a student with a laptop to sit in a campus library and <br>write code.<br><br>Is this a bad idea?<br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. All tyopes are thumb related and reflect authenticity.</body></html>