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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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
updatehome
updatehome(1M) System Administration Commands updatehome(1M)
NAME
updatehome - update the home directory copy and link files for the current label
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/updatehome [-cirs]
DESCRIPTION
updatehome reads the user's minimum-label copy and link-control files (.copy_files and .link_files). These files contain a list of files to
be copied and symbolically linked from the user's minimum-label home directory to the user's home directory at the current label.
The Solaris Trusted Extensions dtsession program performs an updatehome whenever a newly labeled workspace is created so that the user's
favorite files are available for use. For example, the user probably wants a symbolic link to such files as .profile, .login, .cshrc,
.exrc, .mailrc, and ~/bin. The updatehome command provides a convenient mechanism for accomplishing this symlink. The user can add files to
those to be copied (.copy_files) and to those to be symbolically linked (.link_files).
OPTIONS
-c Replace existing home-directory copies at the current label. The default is to skip over existing copies.
-i Ignore errors encountered. The default aborts on error.
-r Replace existing home-directory copies or symbolic links at the current label. This option implies options -c and -s. The default is
to skip over existing copies or symbolic links.
-s Replace existing home-directory symbolic links at the current label. The default is to skip over existing symbolic links.
EXIT STATUS
Upon success, updatehome returns 0. Upon failure, updatehome returns 1 and writes diagnostic messages to standard error.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A Sample .copy_files File
The files that are listed in .copy_files can be modified at every user's label.
.cshrc
.mailrc
.mozilla/bookmarks.html
Example 2 A Sample .link_files File
The files that are listed in .link_files can be modified at the lowest label. The changes propagate to the other labels that are available
to the user.
~/bin
.mozilla/preferences
.xrc
.rhosts
Example 3 Updating the Linked and Copied Files
The .copy_files and .link_files were updated by the user at the minimum label. At a higher label, the user refreshes the copies and the
links. No privileges are required to run the command.
% updatehome -r
FILES
$HOME/.copy_files List of files to be copied
$HOME/.link_files List of files to be symbolically linked
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWtsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
.copy_files and .link_files Files in Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures
NOTES
The functionality described on this manual page is available only if the system is configured with Trusted Extensions.
SunOS 5.11 20 Jul 2007 updatehome(1M)