NAME

lcfg-localhome - LCFG localhome component

DESCRIPTION

This objects builds the local home directories for those users listed in the users resource. It also builds an automount map for these directories, with a redirect (redirect resource) for users who aren't listed in the users list.

RESOURCES

users

Specifies which users should have local home directories. Groups of users can be added by prefixing a netgroup name with an @ symbol.

virtual

The virtual name of the directory containing the local home directories. Defaults to /localhome. This name links to the directory specified by the physical resource.

physical

Specifes the real directory in which the local home directories should be created.

redirect

Used when generating the automount map to specify the default destination for users not listed in the users resource.

mapfile

The filename of the generated automount map. If empty it will default to /var/lcfg/conf/amd.localhome.map.

maptype

The type of automounter map which should be created. Defaults to amd.

grouphelper

The shell command that will take the name of a group as an argument and return a list of users in that group. For each group mentioned in the users resource the characters '%s' will be replaced by the name of that group. An example command might be

/usr/bin/netgroup -U %s

PLATFORMS

Fedora3, Fedora5, Fedora6, SL5

AUTHOR

Alastair Scobie <ascobie@inf.ed.ac.uk>, Ken Dawson <ktd@inf.ed.ac.uk>