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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates
      last edited by stacksofplates

      Ok sorry for the long delay. I had to spin up a new IPA server since I don't have one running at home any more. Here's how the configs will work.

      Initial indirect mount set up:

      0_1483057624635_autohomesetup.png

      List of mounts:

      0_1483057649008_list.png

      Under auto.home, here is the key setup:

      0_1483057671999_keys.png

      The * and & are wildcards and it will search the NFS export for the username you are logged in with and replace the & with it.

      The home directory for the user needs to be set to use the automount:

      0_1483057836721_home.png

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      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates
        last edited by stacksofplates

        Since I'm using Puppet/Ansible, I don't really rely on the autofs setup from LDAP any longer. They don't change that often, so I just use the files. Puppet sticks all of my configs in the dump directory (auto.master.d) and adds the auto.whatever files in /etc for me. If there is a change, it will restart the autofs service automatically. The files seem to be more reliable than pulling from LDAP, but that's just anecdotal.

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        • AlyRagabA
          AlyRagab @stacksofplates
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          @stacksofplates said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

          Ok sorry for the long delay. I had to spin up a new IPA server since I don't have one running at home any more. Here's how the configs will work.

          Initial indirect mount set up:

          0_1483057624635_autohomesetup.png

          List of mounts:

          0_1483057649008_list.png

          Under auto.home, here is the key setup:

          0_1483057671999_keys.png

          The * and & are wildcards and it will search the NFS export for the username you are logged in with and replace the & with it.

          The home directory for the user needs to be set to use the automount:

          0_1483057836721_home.png

          Thank you so much , i have configured the IPA Server as you did , but in the Ubuntu client when i run the command

          ipa-client-automount
          

          i have the below error :

          root@cs1:~# ipa-client-automount
          Searching for IPA server...
          IPA server: [u'ipa.server.local']
          Location: default
          Continue to configure the system with these values? [no]: yes
          Configured /etc/nsswitch.conf
          Configured /etc/default/nfs-common
          Configured /etc/idmapd.conf
          rpcidmapd failed to restart: Command '/usr/sbin/service rpcidmapd restart '       returned non-zero exit status 1
          rpcgssd failed to restart: Command '/usr/sbin/service rpcgssd restart ' returned     non-zero exit status 1
          Restarting sssd, waiting for it to become available.
          Started autofs
          
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          • AlyRagabA
            AlyRagab @AlyRagab
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            @AlyRagab i also edited the /etc/nsswitch as " automount: files sss "
            but the same problem , even i use the normal autofs configuration in ubuntu i could not automount the home directory.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @AlyRagab
              last edited by stacksofplates

              @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

              @AlyRagab i also edited the /etc/nsswitch as " automount: files sss "
              but the same problem , even i use the normal autofs configuration in ubuntu i could not automount the home directory.

              After setting the local files did you restart rpcidmapd and rpcgssd?

              You might have to set the automount to mount NFS version 3. I set up authentication once for an Ubuntu machine but not automounting. Everything I have is RHEL.

              If you can't get the files working either I'd suspect it's something to do with Ubuntu.

              If you're not using krb5p or krb5i you could just tell it to use NFS version 3 by default.

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              • AlyRagabA
                AlyRagab @stacksofplates
                last edited by

                @stacksofplates said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                @AlyRagab i also edited the /etc/nsswitch as " automount: files sss "
                but the same problem , even i use the normal autofs configuration in ubuntu i could not automount the home directory.

                After setting the local files did you restart rpcidmapd and rpcgssd?

                You might have to set the automount to mount NFS version 3. I set up authentication once for an Ubuntu machine but not automounting. Everything I have is RHEL.

                If you can't get the files working either I'd suspect it's something to do with Ubuntu.

                If you're not using krb5p or krb5i you could just tell it to use NFS version 3 by default.

                i could not find the rpcidmapd and rpcgssd services
                also i can mount the NFS share manually without any problem!

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @AlyRagab
                  last edited by

                  @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                  @stacksofplates said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                  @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                  @AlyRagab i also edited the /etc/nsswitch as " automount: files sss "
                  but the same problem , even i use the normal autofs configuration in ubuntu i could not automount the home directory.

                  After setting the local files did you restart rpcidmapd and rpcgssd?

                  You might have to set the automount to mount NFS version 3. I set up authentication once for an Ubuntu machine but not automounting. Everything I have is RHEL.

                  If you can't get the files working either I'd suspect it's something to do with Ubuntu.

                  If you're not using krb5p or krb5i you could just tell it to use NFS version 3 by default.

                  i could not find the rpcidmapd and rpcgssd services
                  also i can mount the NFS share manually without any problem!

                  On my way home. I'llbe able to reply when I'm not driving.

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates
                    last edited by

                    So first I'd run

                    ipa-client-automount --uninstall
                    

                    Then I'd set the configs like this:

                    auto.master

                     /home/ipa          /etc/auto.home
                    

                    auto.home

                    *                   nfsserver:/<path-for-user-dir>/&
                    

                    Then restart autofs

                    systemctl restart autofs
                    
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                    • AlyRagabA
                      AlyRagab
                      last edited by

                      i have tested it using Fedora and everything is working fine without any kind of troubleshooting , so why ubuntu is not simple as Fedora ?!!

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates @AlyRagab
                        last edited by

                        @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                        i have tested it using Fedora and everything is working fine without any kind of troubleshooting , so why ubuntu is not simple as Fedora ?!!

                        Ha that's a good question. I stick with RHEL based products when I can.

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                        • AlyRagabA
                          AlyRagab @stacksofplates
                          last edited by

                          @stacksofplates said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                          @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                          i have tested it using Fedora and everything is working fine without any kind of troubleshooting , so why ubuntu is not simple as Fedora ?!!

                          Ha that's a good question. I stick with RHEL based products when I can.

                          i am planning from now to get rid of Ubuntu and use Fedora for Hosts and i am already work with CentOS 🙂

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @AlyRagab
                            last edited by

                            @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                            @stacksofplates said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                            @AlyRagab said in FreeIPA Automounting NFS:

                            i have tested it using Fedora and everything is working fine without any kind of troubleshooting , so why ubuntu is not simple as Fedora ?!!

                            Ha that's a good question. I stick with RHEL based products when I can.

                            i am planning from now to get rid of Ubuntu and use Fedora for Hosts and i am already work with CentOS 🙂

                            CentOS / RHEL user here too.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
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                              The only Ubuntu system I have is my UniFi controller

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