autodir for Debian ------------------ Autodir requires a phisical path on a disk volume to be used for creating users directory. That is typically /autohome or something else, where it will create a complete gerarchy of directories for all users. Autofs is then used to mount on a virtual path (e.g. /home) each user or group home. Both them are a choice of the administrator, so autodir comes unconfigured just after installation. Please, configure /etc/default/autodir in order to use the program, you will tipically have to move in advance current contents of e.g. /home/someone directory under /autohome/s/so/someone for every user 'someone', but that's definitively your choice. The init script used in this package is Debian specific, so please do not bother autodir author with report about possible bugs. Also ensure to have your accounting system (system passwd, LDAP, SQL, NIS or what else) up and running and home paths coherent with your previous choices. The program requires also version 4 of autofs, it doesn't work with previous one! The required module is loaded automagically at startup if available, or you need to have it compiled in statically in your kernel. The Autodir HOWTO document is available under CC-A 2.0 license at http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/Autodir-HOWTO.html - Francesco Paolo Lovergine , Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:20:06 +0100