Automount and /home

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

At work, I have a central NFS and NIS server. Normally on weekends I=20
turn off my workstation (HP Integrity IA64 running RHEL 5.1) when I=20
reboot it, and try to log in from the GUI (GNOME), it tells me it can't=20
find my home directory, and sometimes comes up the wrong resolution.=20
However if I restart the GUI by logging off or ctrl-alt-backspace,=20
everything is fine. Additionally, if I log in from my Windows system=20
using putty before I log in from the console, everything is fine.=20
Additionally, if I ssh to any of our 9 systems, the home directories=20
generally come up. The only case where it fails is the first login from=20
the GDM login screen initially after boot. It is a minor pain. Note that =

my network is run through 2 GB Netgear switches, 1 switch connects the=20
firewall, and the office connectors, and the other one is located in the =

rack where the 8 servers are located. It's possible that the propagation =

delay could be part of the issue, but that would not explain why ssh via =

putty works. One other bit of info is that when logging in via GDM, I=20
must enter my password which is authenticated by NIS, where when I log=20
in via ssh (or putty) I use RSA keys in my home directory. In any case,=20
this just seems to be a transient timing issue where there might be a=20
slight delay in the automounting. Once I log in to the initial session=20
(no home directory), I can see that my home directory has been mounted.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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