[KLUG Members] LDAP and home directories

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >>>The reason is that on different machines pam_mkhomedir would work for
> >>>different log in methods and not for others.  So like if someone who did
> >>>not have a home directory on a machine with a scanner attached and they
> >>>used a kerbized rsh command, it would not make a home dir.  Also it
> >>>would not if someone logged in at the console in some cases.  Autodir
> >>>completely replaces mkhomedir in that it creates the directory any time
> >>>anyone tries to access that directory.
> >>>Your problem sounds a little different.  Have you tried just having the
> >>>entire home directory tree be an nfs mount?
> >>pam_mkhomedir works fine for me.
> >>I don't want to use NFS.
> >>The bigest issue is that different users' home directories are on 
> >>different server.
> >? then don't you need to mount them?  mkhomedir will make a new local
> >home directory.
> mkhomedir will create the users' home dir on the workstation to mount 
> their network home in.
> I know I need to mount the homedirectories. That's what I'm trying to 
> figure out how to do.
> I'm looking for a way to mount their homedirectory based on attrs in ldap.

The *automounter*, sometimes abbreviated to autofs.  It uses a map,
that map can be in LDAP.

http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/doc/suse/suse9.2/suselinux-adminguide_en/ch22s09.html
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