I wonder if anyone can help me.

I have recently established a NIS cluster.
Now I find that when I log in to one of the clients
/home/user1 mounts but /home/user2 doesn't, even though
both are mounted on /home1 on this same client.

When I log in to the NIS master I can see both
/home/user1 and /home/user2.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks,

Martin

What does your NIS server's /etc/exports look like? Please post. Also post your client's /etc/auto.* files.

The client is amelie and the master is dixie.

[root@dixie yp]# more /etc/exports
/home1 @tig(rw,no_root_squash) trbackup(ro,no_root_squash)
#
# Data Disks
#
/data1 @tig(rw,no_root_squash)
/data2 @tig(rw,no_root_squash)

[root@amelie etc]# more auto.master
# $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(8).
# /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
$Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(8).
/misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
/triumfcs /etc/auto.triumfcs --timeout 600

[root@amelie etc]# more auto.misc
# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#linux -ro,soft,intr ftp.example.org:/pub/linux
#boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1
#floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
#floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#e2floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#jaz -fstype=ext2 :/dev/sdc1
#removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd[root@amelie etc]# more /etc/auto.triumfcs
linux -ro,soft,intr fserver:/home/export
alpha -ro,soft,intr fserver:/home/exporta
home2 -ro,soft,intr fserver:/home2
sciserv -ro,soft,intr fserver:/sciserv

On your client you should have the following line in /etc/auto.master:

/home /etc/auto.home --timeout=60

Also on the client, you need to create /etc/auto.home to look like:

user1 -rw,soft,intr dixie:/home1/user1
user2 -rw,soft,intr dixie:/home1/user2

Then on the client make sure /usr/sbin/automount is running.

I assume the client is in the netgroup 'tig'.

Finally, you shouldn't have a /etc/passwd entry on the client for these users. And the directory /home/user1, for instance, shouldn't exist. It should be created automatically by the automounter.