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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support NIS created users without a home directory Post 302904084 by otheus on Monday 2nd of June 2014 04:47:48 AM
Old 06-02-2014
Do you know for sure that you can mount /home/nisuser on this host?

Try (as root):
Code:
mkdir /mnt/nisuser
chmod 755 /mnt/nisuser
mount titanium:/home/nisuser /mnt/nisuser
ls -l /mnt/nisuser

If it doesn't mount, there's a problem with the server side (check the exports file? Run exportfs -a ? Is NFS service running?)

If it does mount, the problem is apparently with autofs itself.
Last edited by otheus; 06-02-2014 at 05:48 AM.. Reason: mount command fix and ls command fix
 

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LEARN ABOUT V7

ypwhich

ypwhich(1)							   User Commands							ypwhich(1)

NAME

       ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSIS

       ypwhich [-d domain] [ [-t] -m  [mname] | [-Vn] hostname]

       ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

       ypwhich	returns  the  name  of	the  NIS server that supplies the  NIS name services to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map. If
       invoked without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine.  If hostname is specified, that machine is queried  to  find  out
       which NIS master it is using.

       Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the  NIS name services.

OPTIONS

       -d domain       Use domain instead of the default domain.

       -t	       This option inhibits map nickname translation.

       -m mname        Find  the  master  NIS server for a map.  No hostname can be specified with -m. mname can be a mapname, or a nickname for a
		       map. When mname is omitted, produce a list of available maps.

       -x	       Display the map nickname translation table.

       -Vn	       Version of  ypbind, V3 is default.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ypfiles(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    7 Apr 1995								ypwhich(1)
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