Suse Linux as LDAP clients in OS X Server environment

[emulator]

Hi All...

I'm trying to integrate a Suse Linux client into an OS X Open Directory (LDAPv3) domain via the Suse LDAP client. I can get the client to see the users in order to log on to the domain, but when I try to actually log in, the system spins for a few minutes and finally returns the error:

"The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:

No write access to $HOME directory (/).

KDE is unable to start."

I have tried to configure the LDAP client to store home directories both locally and on the server (via NFS shared home directories automounted in the LDAP domain on the OS X Server).

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Thanks!

 

[GVN]

What is your $HOME directory supposed to be? do an "ls -ltr" on the next level up from your home directory and see what the rights say on it and who "owns" it. You won't get anywhere if you don't have access to that directory...

 

[pansophic]

It looks as if $HOME is set to "/" which I hope is write protected from the user.


pansophic

 

[GVN]

On most versions of Linux that I've used, $HOME for root should be /root, and other users fall under the /home/username skeleton.

What user are you logging on as?