NIS+ doubts about groups and compatibility mode

[Mauricio Brigato]

Hi,

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Bob Edwards wrote:

> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:43:45 +1000
> From: Bob Edwards <Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au>
> To: Mauricio Brigato <mauricio at gordon.fmrp.usp.br>
> Cc: Lista de discussao do nisplus <linux-nisplus at lists.samba.org>,
>      Scott Croft <secroft at micron.com>
> Subject: Re: NIS+ doubts about groups and compatibility mode
>
> Mauricio Brigato wrote:
> >
> > I'm testing the client box Red Hat 7.2.
> > My status is:
> > - I can authenticate my client on NIS+ server solaris.
> >
> > But I have some troubles;
> > 1) Do I have to create a group and put my users there
> > or this is not quite necessary?
>
> Are you referring to a netgroup or just a normal unix group? Each unix us=
er
> should be in a primary group, which can be shared or per-user.

I'm referring to a normal unix group.

>
> > 2) I can't mount NFS /home on client side /home.
> > My /etc/auto.master is so:
> > /home nisplus:auto_home rsize=3D8192,wsise=3D8192,timeo=3D14,intr
> >
>
> 1) is autofs running on your client (and did you restart it since modifyi=
ng
> /etc/auto.master)?
>
> 2) it is worth pointing out that /home itself does not mount in this
> situation.
> But /home/user1 should. eg. you should be able to "ls /home/user1" (where
> user1
> is a user in your auto_home map).
>
> If it doesn't mount for the "ls", then try manually mounting it as root:
> "mount server1:/home/user1 /mnt/tmp" (or some other mount point). This is
> just to check that the server for /home/user1 (server1) is actually expor=
ting
> this file system to your client.
>
> Also, as an aside, it makes sense to not have user directories in /home o=
n
> the server, but in some other file system. We usually use /data0 on each
> system, and /data1 etc. if a server has more than one user area. Then run
> automount on the server as well to give the mapping to /home. This way, u=
ser
> home directories can be on several (many) different servers, but all appe=
ar
> in /home on every machine (server or client).
Ok, I did mount serverx:/home on my NIS+ client.
It was a matter of rights, as I told in a another e-mail.

Thank you very much for your help!!!




>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Edwards.
>
> > Anyone has any ideas?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >       Mauricio Brigato
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > mauricio at bit.fmrp.usp.br
>
>



Thanx,

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