/etc/auto_home and Lion
Hi there,
at work we support Mac clients autheticating against a RedHat Directory Server. Network users get their home
directories from the LDAP automout maps.
In them Mac client, running OS X prior to Lion (leopard and snow leopard) I am able to accomplish it by editing: Login Options provide a network Accout server (my Linux LDAP server) and then from the System prederence GUI navigate to Login Options network account server and set 'RFC 2307' for LDAP Mappings.
When propted for Base Suffix I specify:
o=beo.al.gov,dc=beo,dc=al,dc=gov.
The above allows me to authenticate MAC users. They are able to find an automounted home in the MAC when the /etc/auto_master, /etc/auto_home
and /etc/autofs.conf look like this:
% cat /etc/auto_master
# Automounter master map
+auto_master # Use directory service
/net -hosts
-nobrowse,resvport,nosuid
/home auto_home -nobrowse,resvport
/Network/Servers -fstab
/- -static
% cat /etc/autofs.conf
[snip]
# Mount options.
# A string containing a comma-separated list of mount
# options
# that will be applied, by default, to all mounts done by
# automountd(8).
# The options for a particular mount can override these
# options.
# This controls the same default mount options that the
# -o option to
# automountd(8) controls.
AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS=nosuid,nodev,resvport
[snip]
and
% cat /etc/auto_home
# Automounter map for /home
+auto_home # Use directory service
In Mac clients running Lion 10.7.3 I tried the above changes but my users don't find their home when they login. In addition to the modification of /et
c/autofs.conf and /etc/auto_master in order for my user to see their home directories I have also to add a complete list of all the mount points in the mac-lion's: /et
c/auto_home like this:
# Automounter map for /home
+auto_home # Use directory service
[snip]
db25_hera_public
hera:/export/db25/hera_public
db25_user_office
hera:/export/db25/user_office
Public odysseynfs:/Public
Public2 odysseynfs:/Public2
ajax users.xr:/export/ajax
zeus
zeus.as4.al.gov:/export/zeus
zeus4
zeus.as4.al.gov:/export/zeus4
ogmgr ulisses:/ogmgr
achilles
achillesnfs48:/export/achilles
.etc...
[snip]
It appears thus that the automounter behaves differently in Lion compared to snow-leopard or ealier versions of the Mac OS X. How do I make it behave more like snow-leopard so that I don' have to carry around the above /etc/auto_home large file when I upgrade my mac clients?
thanks in advance for your help! __ giampiero
Hi Felbit,
I searched in the discussions about /etc/auto_home and Lion but came out empty
A friend opened a call with Apple about this same issue but got no reply...
I think that we are on the 'bleading-edge' here.
I though that my solution would help
i.e.
1) Login Options: specify Your Network Account server (I have a Linux LDAP server) from the System preference GUI
then: navigate to Login Options network account server and set 'RFC 2307' for LDAP Mappings.
When prompted for Base Suffix I specify:
o=beo.al.gov,dc=beo,dc=al,dc=gov.
2) edit /etc/auto_master to read:
# Automounter master map
+auto_master # Use directory service
/net -hosts
-nobrowse,resvport,nosuid
/home auto_home -nobrowse,resvport
/Network/Servers -fstab
/- -static
and /etc/
autofs.conf
[snip]
# Mount options.
# A string containing a comma-separated list of mount
# options
# that will be applied, by default, to all mounts done by
# automountd(8).
# The options for a particular mount can override these
# options.
# This controls the same default mount options that the
# -o option to
# automountd(8) controls.
AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS=nosuid,nodev,resvport
[snip]
3) append all the mounts you need in your /etc/auto_home file:
like this:
# Automounter map for /home
+auto_home # Use directory service
db25_hera_public
hera:/export/db25/hera_public
db25_user_office
hera:/export/db25/user_office
Public odysseynfs:/Public
Public2 odysseynfs:/Public2
ajax users.xr:/export/ajax
(...) etc..
is the above not working from you?
It should work for Lion and it works also on leopard and snow leopard as well.
Is step 3 giving you problems?
Did you also try mounting manually your filesystem like this:
sudo mount achillesnfs48:/export/achilles /mnt
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2 Lion clients
I want to use the Lion Server for all collaboration services, and use Profile Manager to provide central management of iOS and Lion clients, and I want to use network accounts on the server.
All is set up and working well, mail, ical, wiki, addressbook, VPN servers, profile manager settings, apart from one thing. how do I best push DNS server settings to the client to point to the server?
In the TC there are no way to set what DNS server is served to clients. That would solve my case in an instant. Now all clients get the ISPs DNS servers, or pass-through of whatever DNS server is set up on the TC.
I have 2 possible solutions:
1. Set up TC to only provide 1 DHCP address reserved for the server, and then use DHCP on the Lion Server for the internal clients. This will work as it has been tested by other users here on this forum.
2. Set the DNS server on the TC to point to the local Lion Server. I actually just came up with this idéa as I was typing.... maybe that is the answer? The inernal clients get the internal server as DNS and the server uses forwarders or roothints.
What do you think? If you have this combo, TC/AEBS and Lion Server, how did you solve it?
/HasseHi All!
I actually found the solution myself. Soluton 2 does the trick brilliantly! I can't imagine why I didn't think of this before. I have searched this forum for a solution too, but this just was too easy . The Lion Server advanced admin guide didn't mention this either, even in the chapter about AEBS coexistance.
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I'm using iTunes 10.6.1 on an iMac 2,66 Ghz intel core Duo with8GB DDR3 and Lion 10.7.3 I have 260000 mp3 stored on a My Book 3 TB external fire wire 800 Drive - when I play songs I get short interruptions every 20 to 30 seconds. Can't iTunes handle that number of songs?
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How can i update my old 2006 iMac Intel core 2 duo running 10.6.8 to OSX Lion so that I can sync using iCloud with my newer devices? Mountain Lion is not an option for my older model and Lion is no longer available at App store.
Call Apple's online store's telesales agents: 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775. For Lion you'll get a redemptions code via e-mail and need to DL from the Mac Apple Store (requires SL 10.6.6+).
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Ever since installing iCloud and Lion my computer is slow or freezes. The color wheel comes on and My work stops. I have only a small window of time where my computers will function normally during the day. I know many others that have the same problem. I'll get 20-30 minutes of work done and then a sync or something comes on, the color wheel of death shows up, and my productivity is shot. I have to shut the computer down the hard way! when it comes back up, it is still either frozen or slow. I've checked in at the genius bar and all they say is that there have been some problems that Apple is trying to fix. It effects Mail, Contacts, Safari, Calendar....yeah, pretty much everything. My iPhone and iPad are not effected as much so I end up doing what I can with them. I've seen the blogs out there and understand that many have the same problem. I have been waiting to read about a fix but I have found nothing! Any ideas?
Not enough free space on the startup disk can slow the system down.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there's a minimum of 15% free disk space.
For startup issues... open System Preferences > Users & Groups - Login Items. Delete any apps listed there then restart your mac.
And disable the Lion "resume" feature.
Open System Preferences > General
Deselect: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps
And Spotlight may be indexing... you can turn that off > Turning Off Spotlight | Mac Tricks And Tips -
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One of these may fit your needs: http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/25-fantastic-to-do-lis t-apps-for-iphone/
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