Hi Aaron, No the Directory /home is not RW, just the user dirs within it. I use autofs to mount/umount the dirs as needed. The entry looks like this
* -soft,intr,nodev,tcp,rw server.domain.com:/home/& Brian On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 22:19 -0400, Bliss, Aaron wrote: > Just wondering, do the nfs clients have write permissions to the nfs > mount point? > > Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > Kosick > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Fedora-directory-users] FDS and Automatic home dir creation > > Hi All, > > I just found out about the fantastic pam_mkhomedir.so pam module. I > have it working somewhat, I just need to know if what I want to do is > possible. > Here's my setup: > > FC4 with Fedora Directory Server 1.04 and is also the NFS /home share. > On this server I have in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file the following > entry > > session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel > umask=0077 > > Then I have client machines that use FDS and the /home NFS share to > provide central login and /home dir capabilities. > The /home dir itself is NFS export RO and only the user dirs are RW > within it. > > Using ldap (hostobject, pam_check_host_attr) attributes, I do not let > users login to the FDS /home share server, just the clients. > I want to know it it is possible that the first time a user logs into > one of the clients that it can somehow be passed to the /home dir server > to create the users home dir. > > I have it working with test users currently, but ONLY when they are > allowed to login into the /home dir server, not any of the clients. > > Any help, suggestions would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Brian > > Confidentiality Notice: > The information contained in this electronic message is intended for the > exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, > distribution or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by > telephone and destroy the copies you received.
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