[OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread Paul Johnson
We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. I want to script a process for shutdown time so that the dot files from the Linux $HOME directory are copied to the user's openafs space. But I can't figure how to ask openafs where is that user's space?. Why this is a problem: Our open afs

Re: [OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Duffy
Paul Johnson wrote: We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. I want to script a process for shutdown time so that the dot files from the Linux $HOME directory are copied to the user's openafs space. But I can't figure how to ask openafs where is that user's space?. ... Users

Re: [OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread John Hascall
Paul Johnson wrote: We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. I want to script a process for shutdown time so that the dot files from the Linux $HOME directory are copied to the user's openafs space. But I can't figure how to ask openafs where is that user's space?. ...

Re: [OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread John Lockard
When they log in on the Linux box, what are you using to know what the user's home directory is (LDAP, /etc/passwd file, etc.)? That should be your basis. -John On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:43:45PM -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. I want to script a

Re: [OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread Douglas E. Engert
Paul Johnson wrote: We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. I want to script a process for shutdown time so that the dot files from the Linux $HOME directory are copied to the user's openafs space. But I can't figure how to ask openafs where is that user's space?. Sounds

Re: [OpenAFS] Something like $HOME in afs?

2006-01-31 Thread Paul Johnson
On 1/31/06, John Lockard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When they log in on the Linux box, what are you using to know what the user's home directory is (LDAP, /etc/passwd file, etc.)? That should be your basis. -John Actually, your question leads me to confess some idiocy in our setup. On campus,