hello Richard, usualy the /home directory is used to mount the users directories that reside on a remote server via NFS. are you sure that all the users directories were localy on the machine you talk about? here is a short guide for nfs mounting the home directory: if the directory for a user's home directory is located on another system and AutoFS is not being used to make that space available, follow these steps to NFS-mount the home directory: 1. become superuser on the user's system. 2. edit the /etc/vfstab file and create an entry for the user's home directory. for example, to create an entry for user ignatz with a home directory on server oak, you would add this line to the file: oak:/export/home1/ignatz - /home/ignatz nfs - yes rw,intr 3. to create the mount point on the user's system, type mkdir /home/ login-name. note: the home directory does not have the same name on the user's system as it does on the server. for example, /export/home/ignatz on the server is mounted as /home/ignatz on the user's system. 4. type chown login-name /home/login-name. the user now owns the home directory. 5. type chgrp primary-GID /home/login-name. the user's primary group has permission to access the user's home directory. 6. type mountall. all entries in the current vfstab file (whose automnt fields are set to yes) are mounted. 7. to verify that all entries are mounted, type mount. the file systems that are mounted are displayed.
hope this helps. Stoyan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:17 PM Subject: [Solaris-Users] Home Directory Missing _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
