Library directory compatibility

Hello all,
I've got a Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 machine. Sometimes - not always, and I have not been able to detect a pattern here - a user who has previously logged into their NIS-authenticated account on a 10.5 or 10.6 machine can not do so on the 10.7 one. Removal of the users ~/Library directory seems to solve that problem.
Has anyone experienced this issue? Does anyone know what in the ~/Library may be the cause of that incompatibility?
Thanks.
Boris.

Runiq wrote:Give the volume a label or call it by UUID?
Thank you! But I'm afraid that the fstab entry doesn't work. I have changed to an UUID scheme and tried some different options, but with anyone of them I get an unprivileged error like this:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: only root can mount /dev/sdd1 on /media/Iomega
perbh wrote:I guess this is where polkit comes in - sorry, I think the whole polkit issue is an abdomination and I try to stay away from it ...
Misfit138 wrote:Agreed.
Change does not equal progress. The whole *kit debacle can be described like, "How to make something simple into something complex and convoluted in 32,768 easy steps."
I don't know what polkit is, could you point me to some source of info?
Anyway if you as more experienced users try to stay away from it the sensible thing is that I do too, I may end up running mpd under my user to be able to access the files (I'm lucky that I'm the only user of this machine).
Thank you very much for your answers and time.

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Michael Schmid wrote:
Wohoo,
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I'm a seasoned Eclipse user, and only recently have switched over to Netbeans (mostly out of curiosity). In Eclipse the ${EarProject}/lib folder was automatically recognized as the EAR's lib folder, and any JAR files added to it where available for all J2EE modules in the EAR project. After consulting the integrated Netbeans help on the topic I was convinced that this should work the same in Netbeans. Can any experienced Netbeans developer assist me in this please?
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EDIT: on an unrelated note I'd like to bring to your attention that this is the first "real Java question" in this forum :D ("Wohoo this is new" posts don't count)
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