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Automatic home directory creation

Updated 30 Nov 2012 Read time 2 min(s) 15 sec(s) (2284 visits).

Using the executable maps feature in Solaris automounter we can create an authenticated users home directory automatically if it does not exist.

Updated 19 Aug 2003 Read time 53 sec(s) (2387 visits).

Solaris pseudo file systems look like an ordinary file system but are actually a method whereby various system and process data can be accessed.

Updated 19 Mar 2015 Read time 1 min 45 sec(s) (2576 visits).

The automounter has built in debugging, which can be used to examine exactly what the automounter is doing.