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I remember having a similar problem on Solaris. The solution was to add "retry=3" to the auto_home line(s) in /etc/auto_master on the server. I don't exactly what conditions required this, only that it worked. Jerry Natowitz j.natowitz-KealBaEQdz4 at public.gmane.org Jerry Feldman wrote: > At work, I have a central NFS and NIS server. Normally on weekends I > turn off my workstation (HP Integrity IA64 running RHEL 5.1) when I > reboot it, and try to log in from the GUI (GNOME), it tells me it can't > find my home directory, and sometimes comes up the wrong resolution. > However if I restart the GUI by logging off or ctrl-alt-backspace, > everything is fine. Additionally, if I log in from my Windows system > using putty before I log in from the console, everything is fine. > Additionally, if I ssh to any of our 9 systems, the home directories > generally come up. The only case where it fails is the first login from > 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 > 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 > must enter my password which is authenticated by NIS, where when I log > in via ssh (or putty) I use RSA keys in my home directory. In any case, > this just seems to be a transient timing issue where there might be a > slight delay in the automounting. Once I log in to the initial session > (no home directory), I can see that my home directory has been mounted. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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