Automounting Home Directories

[Sasha Tsykin]

Naaman Campbell wrote:
> I have configured a multi-user Ubuntu system to automount users NFS 
> home directories via autofs.  On first login in the morning, it seems 
> that the Gnome login process does not wait for the initial automount 
> to finish and displays a "Home Directory Not Found" error to the 
> user.  After the user waits 30 seconds and tries again, they can login 
> without a problem.
>
> Has anyone also come across the same issue or is there a way to make 
> the Gnome login process wait until the automount has completed before 
> continuing..
>
> Thanks,
>
> Naaman.
autofs tends to be slower. If you want it to work faster, specify the 
file system specifically and make sure there are no bottlenecks in you 
network.

Sasha