zauhar
07-14-2002, 09:34 PM
Hi all,
I would like to arrange it so that the OS X clients in our lab mount the share point for all the user's home directories from the OS X server, and KEEP that share point mounted. What happens now is that INDIVIDUAL folders mount when the user logs in. This is sometimes painfully slow - a subsequent login shortly afterward will be much faster, which indicates to me that the dynamic mount is slowing things up. There is also an apparent bug, where the share point will get lost, and the only way to remount is to reboot the client. /:-(
There IS an option to STATICALLY mount the share point. Great! The only problems are that 1) it doesn't seem to work (I change the setting, save the changes, reboot my client, and suddenly there are no home directories), and 2) the Admin Guide specifically tells you NOT to use static mounts for home directories. This mysterious commandment is not explained further.
Of course, all this is pretty trivial if you are using standard UNIX file administration. I don't understand why OS X Server is making an "issue" of something that should be at the bottom of my list of things to ponder.
Any advice would be appreciated!!
Randy
I would like to arrange it so that the OS X clients in our lab mount the share point for all the user's home directories from the OS X server, and KEEP that share point mounted. What happens now is that INDIVIDUAL folders mount when the user logs in. This is sometimes painfully slow - a subsequent login shortly afterward will be much faster, which indicates to me that the dynamic mount is slowing things up. There is also an apparent bug, where the share point will get lost, and the only way to remount is to reboot the client. /:-(
There IS an option to STATICALLY mount the share point. Great! The only problems are that 1) it doesn't seem to work (I change the setting, save the changes, reboot my client, and suddenly there are no home directories), and 2) the Admin Guide specifically tells you NOT to use static mounts for home directories. This mysterious commandment is not explained further.
Of course, all this is pretty trivial if you are using standard UNIX file administration. I don't understand why OS X Server is making an "issue" of something that should be at the bottom of my list of things to ponder.
Any advice would be appreciated!!
Randy