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Re: Xserve: "Localhost" hostname causing problems w/home dirs

Thanks, this did the trick!

Ted Swinyar, email@hidden
Sysadmin, MCM Design Studio, LLC
http://www.mcmdesignstudio.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:20 AM
Subject:
Re: Xserve: "Localhost" hostname causing problems w/home dirs


>> Just got our company's new Xserve (dual 1 Ghz, 4x120GB HD, 2GB RAM) and
I'm
>> having issues getting server monitor to play nicely with local home
>> directories.
>>
>> All of our boxen are currently on a private network behind our DSL router
and
>> as such don't have reverse DNS. This has never been a problem, but now we
>> can't use our cool new Server Monitor app. No problem, I switch hostname
to
>> "localhost" and the Server Monitor works great (cool little app, btw).
>>
>> Here's where the problem hits: After switching hostname, when I sit down
at
>> the Xserve and log in, I get the error message that my home directory
cannot
>> be found. Weird, I switch the hostname away from "localhost"--home
directory
>> works great again.
>>
>> I looked in Server Admin and the home directory settings look fine (set
to be
>> a local home directory on the Users share point with the correct IP).
>>
>> Anyone else have any problems with this and/or have any work-arounds?
I've
>> never set up DNS before, but if getting DNS on our private network would
make
>> things work better, I'm open to new things.
>
>Hi
>
>Rather than being recorded as (for example) /Users/ted, your home folder
>location may have been stored as something like
>/Network/Servers/YourServerName/Users/ted. Which, when you change your
server's
>name, suddenly becomes invalid.
>
>You can check what your home directory is stored as by looking in your user
>account using NetInfo Manager (/Apps/Utils) or by using /usr/bin/nicl or
>/usr/bin/niutil.
>
>Hope this helps
>James
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