UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I've just loaded Solaris 5.7 on an Ultra 10 and I'm trying to mkdir in /home as root. I'm getting the following message:

mkdir: Failed to make directory "test"; Operation not applicable

When I do an ls -al on /home, I get:

dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root


If I do a df -ak, I get for /home:

auto_home 0 0 0 0% /home


Can anyone tell me what going on and what I need to do to be able to create a directiory in /home?

Thanks,
Leon

It isn't a UFS file system, it's a NIS/NFS auto mount for mounting home directories from a NFS server.


To create a directory in /home, you have to be on the server that is serving out the home directories. Otherwise, if you are looking to create a local account, then create the home directory in /export/home/.

Check out the man page on automount and automountd.

RTM,

Thanks for the reply.

When Solaris was loaded, it asked for remote file naming / system. I replyed none. Why do you think it's a NIS/NFS auto mount. And if it is, how can I get rid of it?

Leon

You told us it was.
auto_home 0 0 0 0% /home

Read the man pages suggested in first response. If you have problems after that, post back (read and learn )

Read this thread.

RTM & Perderabo

Thanks for the help.

We found the problem. Part of our loading procedure is to # the /home line in /etc/auto_master.

That wasn't done on this load.

We did it and it works fine.

Thanks again,
Leon