NFS+LDAP+autofs+pam_mkhomedir problems

[rsachetto]

Hello everybody,

I'm struggling to auto create home dirs when a user login.

I have the following infrastructure:

1 - A active ldap and NFS server that exports the /home partition with
the options rw, sync, fs=0 and is used for authentication.

2 - A ldap client properly configured that can authenticate in the
server if his home directory is already created in the nfs server, configured
with pam_mkhomedir in common-session and autofs.

My problem is that I want to auto create the home directory in the user first login, but when a try to login in the client with a user without a home directory I got the message: Unable to create directory /home/user. Permission Denied.

There is any way to export the home directory and create the home folders automatically?

Thanks in advance,

Rafael Sachetto

[Deathkarr]

I have a similar problem only that i get asked a question if i won't to make the / as my home directory. After saying yes i get a blank screen for a while before returning to the login on the client machine.

I used the Linux Home Networking Quick HOWTO: CH30: Configuring NIS