[geeks] solaris 8 user problem

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 10:03 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> automount doesn't know where to mount stuff from unless you tell it.  by
> default is asks NIS, but since i'm sure you don't run NIS it doesn't 
> know
> what to do.  honestly?  shut it off or just use /export/home like 
> everyone
> else does.  it serves you absolutely no purpose since you don't need the
> capabilities.

I disagree.  Use /etc/auto_home.  One reason is that if you decide you 
need more space, it's much nicer to add another FS and just have entries 
there.

user1	localhost:/export/home/user1
user2	localhost:/export/home/user2
user3	localhost:/export/home2/user3

...and so forth.

Auto_home (and other autofs mounts) are good for local practices as well 
as networked. Plus, he could keep his home dir on his <shudder> SGI, and 
mount it that way.  Couple o' case statements, and he can use the same 
.cshrc or .profile.

-Pete