[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS auto_home mounts on /home.... so???

[steve at linuxsuite.org]

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> On Dec 29, 2012, at 6:17 PM, steve at linuxsuite.org wrote:
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>> I installed OmniOS and added a couple of users with useradd and
>> home dirs in /home. When I rebooted they were gone. df -a
>> shows that something called auto_home was mounted
>> on home. So I unmounted /home and of course the home dirs
>> are now visible. I found a file /etc/auto_home that had
>> an entry in it and commented it out. Now boots ok... so
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>> Why did /home got mounted?
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> Because that’s what auto_home tells it to do.
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>> Is this expected?
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> Yes. This is how Solaris has worked for many years. In a commercial
> environment the automouter is your friend. The benefits may not be so
> clear for personal use.

         In a large corporate environment perhaps..., As an internet
server it
is not useful for what most people will need. Should it be on by default?
It blows away home dirs.. which is not good default behavior?

      Is the proper way to stop this comment out lines in /etc/auto_master?

      thanx - steve
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>> What is the correct way to deal with this?
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> This would be a good place to start:
> http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/4120-Less-known-Solaris-Features-exporthome-home-autofs.html
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> Phil
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