Hi everyone,

Whenver, I try to log in as a nis user, I get the following message:

/rhome is the home directory for nis1 user. On client side it should be logged in to /data/nis directory. I have already configured auto.master and auto.misc files. After logging as root, I can log in as nis1 (nis user). But, I need to change directory manually. After changing directory to /data/nis, everything works fine.

Thanks in advance.

if that's the users home directory then it should exist. if it should be somewhere else, then you should change it... am I missing something? if you want the directory to be automatically created, then you can use pam_mkhomedir but that's not apparently what you're asking.

Thanks for the prompt reply. I think you did not get me. I have made some changes also. Let me explain in detail:

*I have created a nis1 user with directory /rhome/nis1 on nis server.
* I have created a permanent mount point for nfs at /rhome/nis1 on client side. Nfs mount is working perfect. But, nis1 user is not able to log in to GUI interface also not in runlevel 3.

*When I log in as root on client side, then I can log in as nis1 user. But, I get bash$ instead of user's name. Also directory does not change to /rhome/nis1.

Please let me know what I have done wrong.

so on the client side, what does "getent passwd nis1" say? Can you then do an ls -l of the /rhome location as well to show these things marrying up?

It says: sync is perfect. whenever, I create a new file at client side, it also appear at server side.

right so the home directory is very clearly incorrect. no?

and why are you passing shadow data with NIS? That's awful. don't do that. Authenticate with something else instead, e.g. kerberos or ldap.

In fact, just ditch NIS altogether, that'd be my first step in getting this working.

How to get rid off it? I want to make it working. Could you please let me know how to proceed further?

Yes, it should be /rhome/nis1

Also, when I log in with nis1 user from server side, I get bash-3.2$ instead of user's name.

so... have you changed their home directory yet???

is it worth backing up here and asking why you're bothering with NIS anyway? NIS is pretty much obsolete, and you'll be thanked by just about no one if you were to use it in a production environment. It's a useful teaching tool these days, but very rarely anything more.

It was /rhome and I changed it to /rhome/nis1

Actually, I want to appear for RHCE exam. That is why I wish to learn it.

OK, so.. it works now, right?

No, it isnt working. I get bash-3.2$, when log in from both server and client.

sounds like a permissions issue on the home directory, or it doesn't exist, or the skel files haven't been copied to it.

Thanks alot kewpie. You are a genius. Skel files were missing. It is working fine now. Thank again.