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LDAP Client Configuration with autofs home directories

LDAP Client Confguration

First install required packages, in this article we will see how to configure LDAP client using CLI interface and GUI Interface
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# yum install -y openldap-clients nss-pam-ldapd sssd authconfig-gtk
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# yum install nfs-utils rpcbind autofs

Using GUI mode

install above packages then enter the command “system-config-authentication”
ldap client

Using CLI mode

type command “authconfig-tui”
ldap client
Select [*] Use LDAP
select [*] Use LDAP Authentication
click Next
ldap client
provide the ldap server details as shown above and click ok
verify the ldap user information using below command
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# getent passwd ldapuser1
ldapuser1:*:1001:1001:ldapuser1:/home/ldapuser1:/bin/bash
as you see below there is no home directory for ldapuser1
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# su - ldapuser1
su: warning: cannot change directory to /home/ldapuser1: No such file or directory
-bash-4.2$
Now mount user home directory using autofs
edit autofs master configuration file add entry
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# vim /etc/auto.master
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is a 'master' automounter map and it has the following format:
# mount-point [map-type[,format]:]map [options]
# For details of the format look at auto.master(5).
#
/misc /etc/auto.misc
/home /etc/auto.ldapuser
now create /etc/auto.ldapuser file and add the entry for autofs mount
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# cat /etc/auto.ldapuser
* -rw 192.168.4.15:/home/&
Now restart autofs service
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# systemctl restart autofs
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# systemctl enable autofs
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/autofs.service'
login using ldapuser then verify you should get ldapuser home directory automatically
[root@ldapclient1 ~]# su - ldapuser1
Last login: Sun Mar 20 00:02:00 IST 2016 on pts/0
[ldapuser1@ldapclient1 ~]$
That’s it your LDAP client is configured successfully with autofs home directory mount.

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