Re: home dir - loggin error for clients

[nigel barker <tech@hiroshima-is.ac.jp>]

I get this error if I try to log in from a diskless workstation which I 
have forgotten to enter into netgroups.
Hope this helps!
Nigel

Niklas Gunnäs wrote:

> Thanks for your reply, Finn-Arne
>
> The system worked perfectly yesterday so its very strange
>
> Error message from GDM that claims to be looking for the users home
> directories in /skole/linux/home0/.
>
> I haven't changed anything from the default setup (the main server has a
> fresh install, I've only added the Gnome desktop, GDM and xscreensaver)
> so my users are in the default location /skole/tjener/home0.
>
> Best regards
>
> Niklas
>
> Finn-Arne Johansen skrev:
>
> > Niklas Gunnäs skrev:
> >  
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've got a problem all of a sudden when I try to login from a thin
> > > client and/or at the LDAP-server itself. I get this error message:
> > > Your home directory is listed as: '/skole/linux/home0/testt' but it
> > > does not seem to exist. Do you want to log in with the / (root)
> > > directory as your home directory?
> > >     
> >
> >
> > Strange setup having homedirs under /skole/linux and not under 
> > /skole/tjener
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> > > So, somehow the something has changed after I rebooted the servers.
> > > All my users are in the customary location: /skole/tjener/home0 and
> > > the permissions seem to be correct:
> > >
> > > tjener:/skole/tjener/home0# ls -l
> > >
> > > drwxr-xr-x   4 deskt    deskt     4096 2007-02-09 10:27 deskt
> > > drwxr-xr-x  12 infosi   infosi    4096 2007-02-13 11:38 infosi
> > > drwx------   2 root     root     16384 2007-02-09 09:26 lost+found
> > > drwxr-xr-x  11 testt    testt     4096 2007-02-14 11:07 testt
> > >     
> >
> >
> > Ahh, This is the normal setup.
> > I guess you have changed something, or else, something is missing from
> > you error report.
> >
> >