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Mark Cain
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Q: User Directories on XSan

I'm having trouble setting my XSan drive as a destination for home directories.

When I log in it says the directory is unavailable, and it hasn't created it. If I allow everyone read/write access to the share it creates a home containing only a desktop and library folder with none of the files from the user template.

What am I doing wrong? I'm using Active Directory for authentication, both the XSan Primary Controller and secondary controller are bound, and the secondary is an Open Directory Master and resharing the Xsan drive for user directories. If I use a server local drive all works fine.

Many thanks for any suggestions

PowerBook G4 867Mhz, Mac OS X (10.4.3), PowerMac G5 2x2Ghz

Posted on Jul 26, 2010 3:33 AM

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  • by Federico Deis,

    Federico Deis Federico Deis Oct 4, 2010 9:51 AM in response to Mark Cain
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    Oct 4, 2010 9:51 AM in response to Mark Cain
    As per my experience, it's always better to create home directories in advance, either hitting the create button in Workgroup Manager or issuing the following command in terminal in the NHD server:

    sudo createhomedir -a

    This command will scan every domain in the network your computer is attached to and create home folders for the users that have one assigned.

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