That's what I needed to know. We'll set a system-wide policy and be done with it. Thanks!
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Stephen Gallagher <sgall...@redhat.com>wrote: > On Wed 31 Oct 2012 08:56:14 AM EDT, Bret Wortman wrote: > >> Has anyone set things up so that individual users have the option to >> automount a homedir or have one autocreated on each system they use >> for them? I have some users who prefer one way and others who prefer >> the other. Both have valid reasons and I'd rather not make an >> authoritarian decision for one over the other. >> >> 1. How could this be handled as a user option, set as the account is >> >> created or modified and open to adjustment later? >> > > A feature could be added to SSSD to allow users to override the home > directory location on individual clients. This feature would have to be > subject to administrator approval in some way (to restrict where users > could set their home directories and which users have this privilege). That > requires some thought. Feel free to file an RFE at > https://fedorahosted.org/sssd > > 2. How might this be handled as a login option, allowing the user to >> >> select their automounted homedir or a local homedir? >> >> > This just isn't going to happen. Period. > > The location of the user's home directory is an integral part of the > user's identity on the system. It cannot vary at login time. All sessions > of the logged-in user (as well as any application that calls getpwnam()) > need to agree on this value or you will have problems. > > > Anyone already set this up and have it working well? I'd hate to spend >> time re-inventing a wheel if there's already an excellent example in >> the wild.... >> >> > > As a general rule, it's usually better to just make the decision on a > per-system basis than a per-user basis. I.e. everyone who logs on to > certain infrastructure systems will always use the automount home > directory, but on personal systems they can be configured to not use > automount. > -- Bret Wortman The Damascus Group Fairfax, VA http://bretwortman.com/ http://twitter.com/BretWortman
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