ann kok writes: > Hi > > How can we use NIS to control a user in different servers? > > eg: serverA /home/userA/javaapplication > serverB /export/home/userA/javaapplication > serverC /vol/home/javaapplication If you use NIS auto.home for home directories in general, e.g. /home/user, you can install a local auto.home map on each server so that /home/userA is a different physical directory on each server See 18.3.3.1 at http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-nfs-client-config-autofs.html. --------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments may contain Cypress (or its subsidiaries) confidential information. If it has been received in error, please advise the sender and immediately delete this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------