home directories fedora directoryserver

[Gordon Messmer]

Rob Mokkink wrote:
>  
> 
> With the console i create users etc.
> 
> In the section posix user, you have got the option home directory:
> I tried using nfs something like this dcsrv1:/nfshome/test02
> 
> Nfs server is up and running etc.
> 
> On the client I configured auto.misc with the entry:
> nfshome  -rw,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 dssrv1:/nfshome

This process is documented here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-nfs-client-config.html

Basically, if you want home directories in /nfshome, then you need to 
first put /nfshome in auto.master and refer to the "auto.home" file, 
which you should then create.  That file should contain one line which 
maps the home directories:

*  -fstype=nfs,hard,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,nosuid 
server.example.com:/home/&

Users home directories don't need any weird specs, just put the local 
path in their home directory field (e.g. "/nfshome/test02").  autofs 
will take care of the rest.