<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Autodir HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Autodir HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Venkata Ramana Enaganti</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:ramana <> intraperson dot com" >ramana <> intraperson dot com</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >2004-09-23<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2007-5-25</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.03</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2006-09-15</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: GaMA</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Review requested by author.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-12-25</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.00</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-09-23</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release, reviewed by Rahul Sundaram at TLDP</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.32</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-09-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >New sections like requirements and others.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-06-24</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >second draft</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.9</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-06-11</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: VRE</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >first draft</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN49" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This HOWTO is about the <EM >Autodir</EM > installation, configuration and other issues related to <EM >Autodir</EM >. The <EM >Autodir</EM > system is often applied for making home directories available in an easy way. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#copyright" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#disclaimer" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#feedback" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN78" >New Versions of this Document</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#credits" >Credits / Contributors</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="x91.html" >Before going into the details...</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="x99.html" >Why not pam_mkhomedir?</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="x116.html" >Where can Autodir be used?</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="x126.html" >What Autodir is not</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="x130.html" >Differences between Autodir and Autofs</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="x170.html" >How it works</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="x235.html" >Some definitions</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="dirorg.html" >Directory organization in the real base directory</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="vdexp.html" >Virtual directory expiration</A ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="backup.html" >Backup support</A ></DT ><DT >12. <A HREF="backupreq.html" >Backup program requirements</A ></DT ><DT >13. <A HREF="x384.html" >Module options</A ></DT ><DT >14. <A HREF="x400.html" >Autodir requirements</A ></DT ><DT >15. <A HREF="autofs_kmod.html" >Autofs kernel module</A ></DT ><DT >16. <A HREF="x418.html" >Importing user and group accounts</A ></DT ><DT >17. <A HREF="x422.html" >Getting Autodir</A ></DT ><DT >18. <A HREF="homedir.html" >Managing home directories</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >18.1. <A HREF="homedir.html#AEN477" >Base directories for autohome</A ></DT ><DT >18.2. <A HREF="homedir.html#AEN514" >Directory organization</A ></DT ><DT >18.3. <A HREF="homedir.html#AEN522" >Misc suboptions for autohome</A ></DT ><DT >18.4. <A HREF="homedir.html#AEN531" >Example</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >19. <A HREF="x559.html" >Managing group directories</A ></DT ><DT >20. <A HREF="aoptions.html" >Autodir options</A ></DT ><DT >21. <A HREF="backupopts.html" >Backup options</A ></DT ><DT >22. <A HREF="x714.html" >Examples</A ></DT ><DT >23. <A HREF="x719.html" >RPM specific</A ></DT ><DT >24. <A HREF="moreinfo.html" >Further Information</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >