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05-08-2009 08:59 AM
05-08-2009 08:59 AM
I inherited a HPUX 11i – C3750 workstation and I am trying to access it’s condition. I know this system was one of several and was using NIS and DNS. I have the root password and have verified in SAM that some of our common internal user have also been setup. The strange thing is I can’t login as these users even though I see them in SAM. I also noticed there is no /home directory. In looking at the fstab and mnttab files I don’t see it defined either. When I try to create a new user it doesn’t allow me to and complains about not having a /home. I am guessing that the previous owners had /home remotely mounted with NFS so they could us NIS to manage the accounts.
Can I simply mkdir /home to solve this problem?
Or do I need to add /home entries in the fstab and mnttab files?
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05-08-2009 09:04 AM
05-08-2009 09:04 AM
SolutionYou can create a local /home as a directory, but it will take a space from the / file system. If you don't plan to use disk space in /home, create it as
mkdir /home
If you have a lot of space in a file system, let's say in /var, you can make a directory under /var and create a link to /home:
ln -s /var/home /home
HTH
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05-08-2009 09:04 AM
05-08-2009 09:04 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
If that was the case, these users should have an NFS mount specified for their home directory in /etc/passwd, like this:
plr:nj594TWtu7vo6:226:20:Pete Randall,crlzr2_nf,2317,918002922766 5500647:/nfs/tsws1/home/plr:/bin/ksh
Or it might say /net rather than /nfs.
Pete
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05-08-2009 09:13 AM
05-08-2009 09:13 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
Or, the NFS-remote file system could simply
have been mounted at "/home". Many things
are possible.
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05-08-2009 11:01 AM
05-08-2009 11:01 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
You need to recreate the users directories - create them.
You need to be able to login using the accounts, then simply fix /etc/skell .profile to be what you want it to be, the other files adjust if you want.
Then copy these .* files under the users /home/
This is not a problem....it's just a simple fix.
Rgrds,
Rita
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05-11-2009 05:22 AM
05-11-2009 05:22 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
As you can see I tried to mkdir and it would not allow me to as it already existed. Then I tried to cd to it and it can't find it. Any suggestions as to why it is recognized but won't all me to cd to it as root?
unit7hnn#
unit7hnn#
unit7hnn# mkdir /home
mkdir: cannot create /home: File exists
unit7hnn# cd /home
sh: /home: not found.
unit7hnn# cd /
unit7hnn# mkdir /home
mkdir: cannot create /home: File exists
unit7hnn# cd /home
sh: /home: not found
unit7hnn# ll *home*
unit7hnn# home
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05-11-2009 05:25 AM
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05-11-2009 05:27 AM
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05-11-2009 05:35 AM
05-11-2009 05:35 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
Perhaps it's hidden under another mount point? Run a mount command or a bdf to see what is locally mounted and then try unmounting each to see if there is something mounted over top of the /home mount point.
Also, check with "ls -l /" to see if there is a directory or file already there called /home.
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05-11-2009 05:42 AM
05-11-2009 05:42 AM
Re: /home MISSING...
it may be hidden somewhere,
can you post your bdf output also can you cehck in /etc/fstab file any mount point define for /home ?
also try this
cd /
file home
what will be output
thanks,