[CentOS] NIS probs - Login and no home dir -help

[Clint Dilks]

Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> I'm trying to configure two things on my RH 5 server with dual-boot 
> CentOS 5 (out-of-box) and Windows XP w/SP2 (fully patched) clients:
>
> - NIS/NFS:  I have managed to get user logins, but all accounts 
> produce Can't Find Home Directory, Using Root!    The error logs, when 
> trying to mount any NFS directory, is the server claims permission 
> denied.   I've reviewed many web pages and reviewed my config files 
> carefully.  Just a matter of finding the winning config.   Firewall 
> and SELinux are disabled, and the machines have been rebooted many times.
>

Hi,

Have you configured autofs to mount the appropriate home directories?.

If not you need to ensure autofs is started and ensure you have 
something similar to

/home  auto.home in /etc/auto.master where auto.home is a NIS Map 
containing entries like

<user> <mount point>:&
bob    nishome:/export/homes/:&

Good Luck

> - Samba: Ideally, I think if I can get NIS/NFS working fine, it would 
> make sense that when Windows users log in (I've gotten samba to permit 
> the XP systems to be added to samba with samba acting as the PDC), 
> they log into their UNIX accounts.  But, upon attempted login, Windows 
> produces the famed small alert window saying Roaming Profiles cannot 
> be located, Windows is creating a temporary environment that will not 
> be saved upon logout.
>
> What is the magical Samba config/line to permit Samba/domain logins to 
> read from the server's UNIX side and give the Windows domain user 
> their UNIX home directory for login, and have their UNIX home 
> directory as a mapped drive (effectively their roaming profile)?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
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