08-21-2008
Since can't create users in /home, how to make /home/userid path work?
I had exactly the same experience as sdspawankumar..
The problem I was trying to solve is that I have binary code from an
earlier Solaris on SPARC that has file paths /home/dberry/... hardwired
into the code. Since the administrators made my account at /u/dberry
for consistency with the rest of the environment, I was trying to make
a symbolic link under /home/ called dberry set to point to /u/dberry.
After all, this is what I did on some past Solaris and other machines..
Occasionally, I would make home a symbolic link under /.
OK.. so it's clear that neither trick will work on Solaris 10..
Given that.. is there some incantation I can say in some start up file
that will cause "/home/dberry/XXX" in executables to be mapped to /u/dberry/XXX? I get the feeling from reading what I have found about this problem that the purpose of the way /home is built is for behavior
like what I want..
Thanks
Dan
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createhomedir
createhomedir(1) BSD General Commands Manual createhomedir(1)
NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer.
SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username]
DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories.
OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default).
-c creates home directories for local home paths only.
-b creates home directories for both server and local home paths.
-a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path.
-l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain.
-n directoryDomainName
creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path.
-u username
creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a,
-l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed.
-i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line.
-h usage help.
FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool
CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible
home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly.
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