Automounted home dirs = shell prompt takes an age to return

[Tony Walker_2]

Hi Guys,

Here's the situation. Setup and new LDAP server (Solaris machine) and HP client 11i. Tested logins - all is OK and LDAP is functioning fine. Now, I've exported /export/home/ on the LDAP server and setup the client to automount the home dir. As far as I can tell, nsswitch/auto_master/auto_home etc are fine. But - here's what happens. You type your details, it logs in mounts the home dir from the server, runs the $HOME/.profile and then nothing - just hangs. Eventually after the odd CTRL-C it comes back to the prompt with a nicely visible home directory. Whats more, I have another HP client (also 11i) which logs in first time everytime like it should!

Any ideas???

Cheers,

Tony

[Peter Godron]

Tony,
check that all the network links are working ok. Are both clients directly visible to the server (no complex lookups)?
Regards

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi Tony,

I know the .sh_history file can have some problems trying to write to a nfs mounted homedir. Could this be the same in your case ?

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

[RAC_1]

On the client, where you have problem, does nslookup resolves ok?? to and fro?? with ip address and with host names?? What is the automount setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf file on this client??

Also modify the .profile of user and try putting user's .sh_history to /tmp for a while and check.

Anil

[Tony Walker_2]

Excellent - HISTFILE=/tmp/.sh_history and the problem went away!

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Tony