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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support NIS created users without a home directory Post 302903446 by Junaid Subhani on Tuesday 27th of May 2014 04:52:31 PM
Old 05-27-2014
Here is my client side configuration:

Code:
[root@Barium home]#
[root@Barium home]# cat /etc/auto.master
/home /etc/auto.home --timeout 600
[root@Barium home]# cat /etc/auto.home
* -fstype=nfs 192.168.1.10:/home/&
[root@Barium home]# ypwhich
Titanium
[root@Barium home]# cat /etc/hosts | grep Titanium
192.168.1.10 Titanium
[root@Barium home]# ypcat passwd
nisuser:$6$LZhXWN9NSvbnUZcu$Iryf0Xiez0GNBQAMzdUNpdA/.1kJIYiO.DnivPiUMPcV09J6jUBdqFDom51J5Ieo2w1h63SkhcNAK5TC6IxUu/:500:100::/home/nisuser:/bin/bash
[root@Barium home]#
[root@Barium home]#
[root@Barium home]# su - nisuser
su: warning: cannot change directory to /home/nisuser: No such file or directory
-bash-4.1$

Seems like it isnt working.
 

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cachefslog(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    cachefslog(1M)

NAME
cachefslog - Cache File System logging SYNOPSIS
cachefslog [-f logfile | -h] cachefs_mount_point DESCRIPTION
The cachefslog command displays where CacheFS statistics are being logged. Optionally, it sets where CacheFS statistics are being logged, or it halts logging for a cache specified by cachefs_mount_point. The cachefs_mount_point argument is a mount point of a cache file system. All file systems cached under the same cache as cachefs_mount_point will be logged. OPTIONS
The following options are supported. You must be super-user to use the -f and -h options. -f logfile Specify the log file to be used. -h Halt logging. OPERANDS
cachefs_mount_point A mount point of a cache file system. USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of cachefslog when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Checking the Logging of a directory. The example below checks if the directory /home/sam is being logged: example% cachefslog /home/sam not logged: /home/sam Example 2: Changing the logfile. The example below changes the logfile of /home/sam to /var/tmp/samlog: example# cachefslog -f /var/tmp/samlog /home/sam /var/tmp/samlog: /home/sam Example 3: Verifying the change of a logfile. The example below verifies the change of the previous example: example% cachefslog /home/sam /var/tmp/samlog: /home/sam Example 4: Halting the logging of a directory. The example below halts logging for the /home/sam directory: example# cachefslog -h /home/sam not logged: /home/sam EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 success non-zero an error has occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
cachefsstat(1M), cachefswssize(1M), cfsadmin(1M), attributes(5), largefile(5) DIAGNOSTICS
Invalid path It is illegal to specify a path within a cache file system. SunOS 5.10 7 Feb 1997 cachefslog(1M)
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