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Hello there

Have anyone configured an AIX 5L machine as NIS client? with homedirectories automounted form an NFS share?

The NIS server is running Solaris. I am able to configure the AIX machine as client and user is able to login but

Quote:
Could not chdir to home directory /home/abcdef: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
I have configured the client to use the automountd to mount the users home directory.

Quote:
# pg /etc/auto.master
+auto.master.abc
auto.master.abc is the map file located on NIS

ypcat <mapfile> works fine.

Any one faces this?
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ypwhich(1)						      General Commands Manual							ypwhich(1)

NAME
ypwhich - determine which host is the current NIS server or map master. SYNOPSIS
ypwhich [-d domain] [-V1] [-V2] [hostname] ypwhich [-d domain] [-m[mname]] [-t[mapname]] ypwhich -x OPTIONS
Identifies which server is serving v.1 NIS protocol-speaking client processes. Identifies which server is serving v.2 NIS protocol-speak- ing client processes. If neither version is specified, ypwhich attempts to locate the server that supplies the current v.2 services. If there is no v.2 server currently bound, ypwhich attempts to locate the server supplying the v.1 services. Since NIS servers and NIS clients are both backward compatible, the user need seldom be concerned about which version is currently in use. Uses domain instead of the current domain. Finds the master NIS server for a map. No hostname can be specified with -m. The mname argument can be a mapname, or a nickname for a map. When mname is omitted, ypwhich provides a list of available maps. Inhibits nickname translation and is useful if there is a mapname identical to a nickname. Displays the map nickname table. This option lists the nicknames (mnames) that the command knows of, and indicates the mapname associated with each nickname. DESCRIPTION
The ypwhich command identifies the Network Information Service (NIS) server that currently supplies NIS services to an NIS client. It also identifies which NIS server is the master for a map. If invoked without arguments, ypwhich returns the host name of the NIS server for the local machine. If hostname is specified, ypwhich checks that machine to find out which NIS master it is using. Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(8) for an overview of NIS. SEE ALSO
ypfiles(4), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8) ypwhich(1)