Which network authentication method would you suggest ?

On 01/12/2018 15:43, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 15:21:51 +0000
> g4sra <g4sra@???> wrote:
>
>> It's not an exhibition it's a room for training using simulation
>> software (permanent classroom), think flight simulator game for 28+
>> people. Cabling is not my problem, the server and workstation software
>> configuration is ;).
>>
>> NFS ? SAMBA ?
>>
>> Windows domain compatibility is not of consequence as the Linux server
>> can be set up to authenticate Users.
>
> How is the Linux server going to authenticate users, via /etc/passwd or
> other ?
>
> A lot depends on this, also the number of users will have a factor as
> well.
>
> Rowland