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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >