I have a number of client machines, all running Ubuntu, and recently upgraded to 13.04. I also have a Slackware-based server which includes an nfs service.
What I am aiming to do is to have access to all my documents from any client. I have copied my entire $HOME
directory to the fileserver. I have used usermod -d
to set my home directory to the appropriate area on the server. I use autofs
to mount remote directories, so the full path is /net/tower/mnt/user/UserHome/peter
.
If I log in via a text console, all is fine - my files are accessible and writable. However, if I log in via desktop, I get an error:
Could not update ICEauthority file with the full path/filename for the .ICEauthority file.
I have ensured that ownership and priveledges/permissions on the file are correct. I have tried deleting the file, I have tried creating an empty file from a text console - I still get the error.
Either I have to find a way of getting past this error, or find a way to change my $HOME
after login (from my .profile
?).
Can anyone help me?
~/Documents
on that server and not/home
itself. That way your system will always boot and the files (like .ICEauthority) will remain as they should be.