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Operating Systems Solaris /home unwritable after new S10 install Post 302522579 by jlliagre on Monday 16th of May 2011 12:38:26 AM
Old 05-16-2011
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Originally Posted by snorkack59
I am not sure I agree with you. The word export means something remote.
It doesn't. It means something exported but it obviously can be local on the file server itself.
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I have been using Solaris 2.6 for 13 years. The local home directories are at /home.
That means either the automounter was disabled or properly configured for local mounts.
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I have never found any use for /export. Under S2.6 both /home and /export/home are writable.
/home is writable only if not handled by the automounter.
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It appears that Solaris requires /home to be a separate slice.
Solaris doesn't requires that.

To configure your home directory through the automounter, assuming your home directory files are stored under /export/home/snorkack59, add this line to the /etc/auto_home file:
Code:
snorkack59  localhost:/export/home/&

Otherwise, to disable the automounter for home directories all together, comment out the line starting with /home in /etc/auto_master.

Restart the automount service in either case:

Code:
svcadm restart autofs


Last edited by jlliagre; 05-16-2011 at 01:48 AM..
 

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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. Mac OS X June 1, 2019 Mac OS X
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