[Bug 81257] feisty as nis client wants to write to /home/.directory

[Tim Wieneke]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kubuntu-default-settings

Hi,

I was installing the feisty in our network and a problem popped up, which is a
design issue of (minimum) one package:

the package: kubuntu-default-settings_1%3a7.04-11_all.deb
contains a file: install/doinst.sh

part of the contents:

if [ -d /home ]; then
      if [ ! -e /home/.directory ]; then
      ln -s /etc/kubuntu-default-settings/directory-home /home/.directory || \
      echo "Could not create symlink /home/.directory, skipping."
      fi
fi

This maybe nice on "normal" Ubuntu clients, but bad, if the root of the local
machine is a not allowed (for security issues) to be root on the NIS master who
shares the /home via autofs.
Therefor I got stucked in this point and my machineis now poping up a lot of errors
about the /home/.directory not found issue. The login via kdm/kde is not working correctly, the machine is very slow on executing commands (i.e. open a browser).

Maybe someone can explain, why the /home.directory is needed and think about a
different solution (maybe move the .directory to the home users directory
itself?

cheers

** Affects: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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feisty as nis client wants to write to /home/.directory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81257