NIS automount problem

[dandan123]

I'm trying to setup a box with NIS for authentication.

The home directories of all users are on one server.

When I

su - username on this box I'm setting up I get "No directory !"

I suspect this is a automount problem. The setup is the same as the several other boxes I've setup which work fine, with one difference. The problematic box is a "core" install.

Any ideas on how to debug ?

 

[WhiteVolg]

Check the following:

/etc/nsswitch.conf

automount    files nis

/etc/auto_master:

/home +auto_home

OR
/etc/auto_home

+

Also check `ps -aef|grep -v grep|grep automount`

Confirm your `ypwhich` output as well.

 

[dandan123]

Thanks.. they are all ok.. I just noticed this server is not syncing with ntp.. could this cause the problem ?

 

[dandan123]

ok.. I mounted the home directories manually but I stil get an error -

su - dandan123
No directory!

 

[elgrandeperro]

First, make sure nis is listed under "automount" in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

Also make sure that 'ypmatch -k dandan123 auto.home' returns a valid entry

And look at /etc/mnttab, you should see the automount entry.

gene

 

[dandan123]

Another thing I discovered -

If I'm not root then I get -

$ ypwhich
ypwhich: can't communicate with ypbind

 

[ac325ci]

try niscat auto_home.org_dir|grep id