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[Bug 504317] Re: 'Add to Existing Ubuntu' Install assumes /home folder is local. Fails on NFS share mounted via autofs.

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From: abssorb <abssorb@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:05:10 -0000
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How about a prompt in the install script asking if /home is the chosen
location for user folders?  That would solve my problem I think.

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'Add to Existing Ubuntu' Install assumes /home folder is local. Fails on NFS share mounted via autofs.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504317
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Bug description:
Like many other users, my home folder is non-standard.
Can the install script be modified to cater for this?

Mine uses autofs to mount a share over NFS. The autofs prevents any manual creation of anything, even by root, in the /home folder.

I can work around this.  But I propose the assumption that all users go into a local /home folder is unsafe.