[Freeipa-devel] network accounts logins but never make a local user folder on Fedora 9 when the option to do that is set

[Jaakan Shorter]

Not sure if this is a bug or just a configuration issue

I have setup a Fedora 9 desktop for network login/authentication, user
info = LDAP, Authentication = Kerberos,
options = "make /home/$username if folder is not there"
test user account I setup = "btestuse" with the WebGUI
I ran the following on desktop "kinit btestuse" , "klist", the account
i made that works

it asked me to change my password and I made a new one.
it looked like it was bring up the desktop but just seemed to hang ( I
can Ctrl-Alt-F1 and back with Ctrl-Alt-F7 )

Are there missing steps not currently in the documentation for setup a client?
Would I have to do something like the following so that logging in via
the network account will make a /home/$username folder?
or something like adding a windows computer to AD so the desktop lets
the creation of that user folder/profile complete?

# kinit admin
# ipa-addservice host/desktop.example.com
# ipa-getkeytab -s ipaserver.example.com -p host/desktop.example.com
-k /etc/krb5.keytab




here are some logs from the server and client


>From a Fedora 9 desktop ( ipacf9.test.net 192.168.1.75 )

May 19 18:24:55 ipacf9 gconfd (btestuse-2741): Failed to open saved
state file: Failed: Failed to open gconfd logfile; won't be able to
restore listeners after gconfd shutdown (No such file or directory)
May 19 18:24:55 ipacf9 gconfd (btestuse-2741): GConf server is not in
use, shutting down.
May 19 18:24:55 ipacf9 gconfd (btestuse-2741): Could not open saved
state file '/home/btestuse/.gconfd/saved_state.tmp' for writing: No
such file or directory
May 19 18:24:55 ipacf9 gconfd (btestuse-2741): Exiting


Server side

- Fedora 9-
May 19 18:35:45 freeipa.test.net krb5kdc[1813](info): AS_REQ (7 etypes
{18 17 16 23 1 3 2}) 192.168.1.75: NEEDED_PREAUTH: btestuse at TEST.NET
for krbtgt/TEST.NET at TEST.NET, Additional pre-authentication required
May 19 18:35:45 freeipa.test.net krb5kdc[1813](info): AS_REQ (7 etypes
{18 17 16 23 1 3 2}) 192.168.1.75: ISSUE: authtime 1211236545, etypes
{rep=18 tkt=18 ses=18}, btestuse at TEST.NET for krbtgt/TEST.NET at TEST.NET