2010/1/12 Ajeet S Raina <ajeetraina at gmail.com>: > 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.? > > > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users > > Ajeet, I would suggest you read many guides like http://www.section6.net/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_OpenLDAP_for_Unix_Authentication by Google pam unix ldap While the redhat tools can make it easy, in the long run it pays to understand how to configure pam files, /etc/ldap.conf, nsswitch and other supplemental tools.
