Automounting home directories using LDAP in ArchLinux

Question

I have managed to set up an OpenLDAP server that runs ArchLinux. I can now log in from the client (also ArchLinux) using the LDAP users.

Now i want to mount the home directories over the network... I assume I need autofs and NFS for this, but all guides I find use a package called AutofsLDAP which does not exist in Arch.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '14 at 14:54

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 echo "/home /etc/auto.home" >> /etc/auto.master
 echo "* -fstype=nfs,rw,nosuid,soft fs1:/home/&" > /etc/auto.home

After that you need to reload the autofs daemon, anyway i recommend to place the network home of users in a deffirent place of local home, because you try to create a local home under /home and your using autofs under /home, you will got an error

answered Jan 10 '14 at 14:54

c4f4t0r

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Do i not need a autofs.schema for LDAP? – iOfWhy Jan 11 '14 at 10:43
no, in this way, you don't need any ldap schema – c4f4t0r Jan 11 '14 at 10:44
aha, i mount the whole /home folder on boot. is there any way to prevent sudo users from being able to browse through all users files? – iOfWhy Jan 11 '14 at 12:19
this is other problem, i hate sudo, sorry :( – c4f4t0r Jan 11 '14 at 14:24

Automounting home directories using LDAP in ArchLinux

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