Re: [Freeipa-users] User's choice: automount or autocreate?
That's what I needed to know. We'll set a system-wide policy and be done with it. Thanks! On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Wed 31 Oct 2012 08:56:14 AM EDT, Bret Wortman wrote: > >> Has anyone set things up so that individual users have the option to >> automount a homedir or have one autocreated on each system they use >> for them? I have some users who prefer one way and others who prefer >> the other. Both have valid reasons and I'd rather not make an >> authoritarian decision for one over the other. >> >> 1. How could this be handled as a user option, set as the account is >> >> created or modified and open to adjustment later? >> > > A feature could be added to SSSD to allow users to override the home > directory location on individual clients. This feature would have to be > subject to administrator approval in some way (to restrict where users > could set their home directories and which users have this privilege). That > requires some thought. Feel free to file an RFE at > https://fedorahosted.org/sssd > > 2. How might this be handled as a login option, allowing the user to >> >> select their automounted homedir or a local homedir? >> >> > This just isn't going to happen. Period. > > The location of the user's home directory is an integral part of the > user's identity on the system. It cannot vary at login time. All sessions > of the logged-in user (as well as any application that calls getpwnam()) > need to agree on this value or you will have problems. > > > Anyone already set this up and have it working well? I'd hate to spend >> time re-inventing a wheel if there's already an excellent example in >> the wild >> >> > > As a general rule, it's usually better to just make the decision on a > per-system basis than a per-user basis. I.e. everyone who logs on to > certain infrastructure systems will always use the automount home > directory, but on personal systems they can be configured to not use > automount. > -- Bret Wortman The Damascus Group Fairfax, VA http://bretwortman.com/ http://twitter.com/BretWortman ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
Re: [Freeipa-users] User's choice: automount or autocreate?
On Wed 31 Oct 2012 08:56:14 AM EDT, Bret Wortman wrote: Has anyone set things up so that individual users have the option to automount a homedir or have one autocreated on each system they use for them? I have some users who prefer one way and others who prefer the other. Both have valid reasons and I'd rather not make an authoritarian decision for one over the other. 1. How could this be handled as a user option, set as the account is created or modified and open to adjustment later? A feature could be added to SSSD to allow users to override the home directory location on individual clients. This feature would have to be subject to administrator approval in some way (to restrict where users could set their home directories and which users have this privilege). That requires some thought. Feel free to file an RFE at https://fedorahosted.org/sssd 2. How might this be handled as a login option, allowing the user to select their automounted homedir or a local homedir? This just isn't going to happen. Period. The location of the user's home directory is an integral part of the user's identity on the system. It cannot vary at login time. All sessions of the logged-in user (as well as any application that calls getpwnam()) need to agree on this value or you will have problems. Anyone already set this up and have it working well? I'd hate to spend time re-inventing a wheel if there's already an excellent example in the wild As a general rule, it's usually better to just make the decision on a per-system basis than a per-user basis. I.e. everyone who logs on to certain infrastructure systems will always use the automount home directory, but on personal systems they can be configured to not use automount. ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
[Freeipa-users] User's choice: automount or autocreate?
Has anyone set things up so that individual users have the option to automount a homedir or have one autocreated on each system they use for them? I have some users who prefer one way and others who prefer the other. Both have valid reasons and I'd rather not make an authoritarian decision for one over the other. 1. How could this be handled as a user option, set as the account is created or modified and open to adjustment later? 2. How might this be handled as a login option, allowing the user to select their automounted homedir or a local homedir? Anyone already set this up and have it working well? I'd hate to spend time re-inventing a wheel if there's already an excellent example in the wild Thanks! -- Bret Wortman The Damascus Group Fairfax, VA http://bretwortman.com/ http://twitter.com/BretWortman ___ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
