Kwan..Thanks for the options. I have no X Windows Installed. But I can easily run : authconfig-tui which doesnt show any home directory creation option. But yes, I can see options like: [root at localhost ~]# authconfig --enablemkhomedir usage: authconfig [options] <--update|--test|--probe> options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --enableshadow, --useshadow enable shadowed passwords by default ... winbindusedefaultdomain is not enabled their primary group *--enablemkhomedir create home directories for users on their first login* --disablemkhomedir do not create home directories for users on their first login --nostart do not start/stop portmap, ypbind, and nscd -- --probe probe network for defaults and print them [root at localhost ~]# May I know what command I need to type to work out: *--enablemkhomedir create home directories for users on their first login* Pls Suggest? Can you elaborate or provide any tutorial for Option 2? On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/1/12 Ajeet S Raina <ajeetraina at gmail.com>: > > Hello Guys, > [snip] > > Now When I try logging into the server through : > > > > username: meet > > password:**** > > > > It says: > > > > login as: snalamwar > > snal at 10.209.37.77's password: > > Last login: Wed Jan 13 03:00:09 2010 from 10.209.37.146 > > Could not chdir to home directory /home/snal: No such file or directory > > -bash-3.2$ > > > > Then I manually created a directory under /home as snal: > > > > mkdir /home/snal > > > > And Tried logging and this time it does login. > > > > Is this process correct? > > Do we need to create home directory manually. > > Assuming that you are running on CentOS/Redhat, you have a couple options: > > 1) Run system-config-authentication. Go to the options tab, check the > box to create home directories. > > 2) Set up automount to mount a remote filesystem for the home directory. > > Both have advantages and disadvantages. I use mostly option 2, with a > few critical machines on option 1. > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users > -- ?It is not possible to rescue everyone who is caught in the Windows quicksand --Make sure you are on solid Linux ground before trying.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20100112/fae148ac/attachment.html