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Old 04-19-2004, 07:31 PM   #1
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getting home directories to automount with NIS


when i su testuzr for the nis username, the home directory associated with testuzr on the server doesn't get mounted to the machine, what steps do i need to take so that when i login to the NIS my associated home directory gets mounted properly?
 
Old 04-23-2004, 10:10 AM   #2
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Me Too, but here's some info

schurt,

Not sure what distro you are using, but I am using Redhat WS 2.1 and trying to get NIS+ working, the user can log in okay, but the /home directory is not getting automatically mounted.

1.) Make sure you do not have "medium" or "high" security firewall enabled; faster to re-install OS than undo firewall settings

2.) If using RedHat, or for some possible tips to your distro, check out:

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HO...WTO/index.html

3.) You have to install pam_unix2.so libraries, which are open source and included in the above document, then you have to make changes to your /etc/pam.d/login to reflect those libraries.

4.) I believe the next step involves editing /etc/auto.master, however, this is where I am stuck.

Anyway, I hope this helps you and I hope someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

-discostu
 
Old 04-23-2004, 11:34 AM   #3
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got it

schurt,

found the solution to my problem.

1.) stop "autofs" with /etc/init.d/autofs stop

2.) use "automount /home nisplus auto_home"

FWIW, here are the contents of my /etc/auto.master file (although I am not certain this matters):

/home auto_home.org_dir

The "autofs status" prodcues the following output:

[root@hostname init.d]# ./autofs status
Configured Mount Points:
------------------------
/usr/sbin/automount /home yp auto.home.org_dir

Active Mount Points:
--------------------

Hope this helps you or someone else!

--discostu
 
Old 04-23-2004, 12:55 PM   #4
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thanks ill try your options this weekend and let you know what i come up with, only difference is im using NIS and not NIS+ and my workstation is gentoo and for some reason it keeps overwriting my my NIS server config and putting the domain nc.rr.com broadcast, rather than keeping domain flea(nisserver) broadcast, still haven't resolved that issue but the your suggestion with using automount ill check that out

thanks again
 
  


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