Hi sorry I'm a little late to this party. But this may still help you or someone else who finds this thread later.
Here is a blog entry I share with new Solaris users, http://uadmin.blogspot.com/2005/02/youre-never-far-from-home.html it explains why Solaris does this and how to configure Solaris and Linux boxes to be the server for the home direcories. James Dickens uadmin.blogspot.com On 4/10/07, Manoj Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, On a box where Solaris has been freshly installed, one sees this behavior. -bash-3.00# useradd manoj -bash-3.00# tail -1 /etc/passwd manoj:x:100:1::/home/manoj:/bin/sh -bash-3.00# mkdir /home/manoj mkdir: Failed to make directory "/home/manoj"; Operation not applicable -bash-3.00# df -h /home Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on auto_home 0K 0K 0K 0% /home While I realize why the mkdir failed, it is confusing for a new user who just did a useradd to create a new user account and needs to make the home directory. This morning, I saw an instance where a Linux user trying Solaris for the first time, found this very confusing. I am not offering solutions. But defaults that don't confuse a new user would be nice. -Manoj _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
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