1. nis, nfs, autofs: auto.master, auto.misc, auto.home help please
I have nfs, nis working correctly. I know this because I can mount my
server /home directory from the client, and also from the client, I can
access the passwd and group files from my nis server. All this is fairly
easy to set up. The problem I cannot resolve at this time is being able
to login to my server's home directories from the client machine. It
logs into the / directory instead. Here is what I know:
There are various packages like autofs and amd to take care of what I
want to do. I am trying to do this with autofs. My setup (yes I posted
several days ago, but the NIS HOWTO doesn't help me with this) is a
Debian server, with a Redhat 7.2 and Solaris 8 client. I have read many
posts about these files:
/etc/auto.master
/etc/auto.misc
/etc/auto.home
and various other files. I also have read the AutoFS HOWTO at:
http://www.linux-consulting.com/AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html
While it contains examples for autofs, I do not understand them fully,
otherwise, I would not be writing this now. My questions are:
If /etc/auto.master contains (according to the auto.master manpage:
/home /etc/auto.home
does the auto.master file reside on the client, server or both? Also, is
the /home in this referring to the server's /home which I want to mount
on the clients /mnt/home?
I also am not sure what /etc/auto.misc is for, and where it lives, along
with /etc/auto.home. My server's home directories are on my /home
partition and I can see them from my client machines on /mnt/home.
However, I can not figure out how to use autofs to take care of mounting
them when a user logs in. The user must cd /mnt/home, and this is what I
want to automate. I am sorry if my questions annoy anyone. I want to
learn, and once I learn, I can also help other people. Thank you.
Bob Gamble
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