[DM-MUG] Follow-up info - Help with sharing re-located home directories

[Douglas]

Hi Everyone,

A little more follow-up but still looking for a solution to the remote  
login problem (see original post) and a place to get more education on  
the entire topic.

There is some discussion of related things at these links:

information about using symlinks:
http://www.bombich.com/mactips/homedir.html

And this link:  
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php? 
s=&threadid=214909&highlight=netinfo

Lead me to these at MacOShints:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010325102750788
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010619195610633
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040429091024304

Close but not "the answer"...

Thanks again, Doug

On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:06 PM, Douglas wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've just remapped the home directories for the users on a box running  
> Panther 10.3.5 to a nice fast LVD SCSI drive. I used NetInfo to alter  
> the absolute path of each users home directory to a directory called  
> Users on the new drive. When anyone logs in locally (not across the  
> network) everything works great.
>
> The problem comes when we login from another computer. In that case  
> the old Home directory is mounted. I'm thinking there is more NetInfo  
> dirty work to be done in Sharing or Mounts (both?) but I need a  
> resource to get started. Nothing in the Missing Manual Book and  
> nothing obvious at Apple or places like Mac OS X Hints.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions, Doug
>
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