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

[Steven Vishoot]

--- Clint Dilks <clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz> wrote:

> 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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The times i get that error is on my laptop and that is
if i try to log onto too fast after starting it up. if
i wait about thirty seconds after the splash screen
shows up on my xp laptop i am able to log in. Not sure
if this helps in your situation. 

Steven
 

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