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# 1  
Old 10-31-2007
Root cannot change /home permission

Folks;
I'm a root but i couldn't change /home directory permission or group. i'm getting operation not permitted.
Any help?
# 2  
Old 10-31-2007
autofs

Hi,
/home is manged by the autofs daemon to mount the home directorys of the user.
You can change it by change the auto files /etc/auto*
Best regards
joerg
# 3  
Old 10-31-2007
I see two files "auto_home & auto_master"
what changes i can make?

auto_home says:
+auto_home
user 127.0.0.1:/export/home/seuser

auto_master says:
+auto_master
/net -hosts -nosuid,nobrowse
/home auto_home -nobrowse
# 4  
Old 10-31-2007
Delete the last entry inside the auto_master or hash it out!

# /home auto_home -nobrowse


Best regards

joerg
# 5  
Old 10-31-2007
I did the changes. then i restarted autofs daemon with no luck.

root 3457 0.0 0.1 4392 988 ? S 10:03:43 0:00 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd
root 3458 0.0 0.1 4736 1728 ? S 10:03:43 0:00 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd
# 6  
Old 10-31-2007
Maybe you need a reboot of the system?!
If it is solaris 10:
svcadm restart svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default


Best regard joerg
# 7  
Old 10-31-2007
It worked. Thanks a lot
 
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