m.roth@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> hw wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have the home directory of a user on an nfs server and mount it on a
>> client. When the user logs in, they end up in the root directory rather
>> than in their actual home directory and need to cd into it.
>>
>> The user can read and write to their home directory, so it kinda works
>> fine --- but only kinda. When the user starts emacs, some of the
>> settings in ~/.emacs are not applied, but the saved desktop is being
>> loaded.
>>
>> Both machines are running Centos 7.4. What could be wrong with the nfs
>> mount?
>>
> 1. Do you have /etc/auto.master set up? How about /etc/auto.home (or do
> you set that in auto.master)?
No, the directory is mounted via an entry in /etc/fstab.
> Is /etc/exports on the NFS server exporting
> correctly (/home server:/exported/homes/&)?
The directory itself is exported, like
/path/to/mountpoint/user client(rw)
> 2. Is autofs enabled and running on the client?
No, do have to do it that way?
This is only one user and one client, so I didn´t see any need to bother
with automatic mounting. It´s automatic anyway because of the fstab
entry.
--
"Didn't work" is an error.
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