feisty as nis client wants to write to /home/.directory
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kubuntu-
Hi,
I was installing the feisty in our network and a problem popped up, which is a
design issue of (minimum) one package:
Problem: the kubuntu-
the package: kubuntu-
contains a file: install/doinst.sh
part of the contents:
if [ -d /home ]; then
if [ ! -e /home/.directory ]; then
ln -s /etc/kubuntu-
echo "Could not create symlink /home/.directory, skipping."
fi
fi
This maybe nice on "normal" Ubuntu clients, but bad, if the root of the local
machine is a not allowed (for security issues) to be root on the NIS master who
shares the /home via autofs.
Therefor I got stucked in this point and my machineis now poping up a lot of errors
about the /home/.directory not found issue. The login via kdm/kde is not working correctly, the machine is very slow on executing commands (i.e. open a browser).
Maybe someone can explain, why the /home.directory is needed and think about a
different solution (maybe move the .directory to the home users directory
itself?
cheers
description: | updated |
Can anyone else confirm this? I believe the issue though after looking through settings. It is used to display the correct icon for /home folders actually.