OpenVFS and Systemd-Homed possible?
2026-05-01 08:08 UTC
I’m into selfhosting and Im looking for a way to centralize the Userhomes and have a better Backup of these files.
The idea is to use a virtual filesystem to sync needed data to the client PC and have Homed to encrypt userdata and store the data on server.
That way I do not have to backup the client PCs.
What do you think? And are there any working examples out there?
Replies (3)
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@prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 2026-05-01 08:47
I tried homed once for a few workstations. Iirc I couldn’t make it work via network for multiple stations and multiple users. Something about the user creation process cam only be done once per home dir and then you can’t do another workstation.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-05-01 09:34
It gets weird now.
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@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2026-05-01 10:36
Syncthing or Nextcloud. There’s a bunch of Linux sync software: https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/file-transfer–synchronization.html Traditionally, you’d just put it on a NFS volume and be done with it. Or configure nightly backups if you users always work from the same machine and don’t like switch to a different computer in the middle of a task.