Mounting home directory

[mike at flyn.org]

> I'm trying to authenticate a linux work station to an active directory
> server. The authentication process is working fine but when it comes to
> mounting the users home directory (on the AD server) I don't know what
> to do. Is there any "official" way to solve this or am I supposed to
> write an script that mounts the directory upon login? I'm doing this as
> a part of my exam work at my university so I need to find out the way
> it's supposed to be. Any ideas are welcome.

My pam_mount module allows people to mount volumes using their system
password upon logging in.  This may be what you are looking for.  Pam_mount
is available at http://www.flyn.org.

--
Mike