Re: Ghost Network Homes(new user accounts) in Leopard

[topnotchchach]

Hello All!

I just upgraded my xserve from tiger server to leopard. Clean install. Wipe drive, seperate 10.5.2 download(i never use software update to upgrade my os after a person from apple was telling me the errors from 10.4.9 was creating while using software udpates).

I created all my users and “shared” a sparse image so i could trasnfer old user files to the correct homes. For some reason, the image(back up) of what i had wouldnt let me change permissions, so i had to log in as every user and map the drive, and then transfer their stuff. For some reason, this stoped working and i had to resort to sharing it and making automount… THIS IS WHERE IT MAKES THE SHARED FOLDER A NETWORK HOME.

MY PROBLEM IS… I unshared this “network home” and unmounted it but when i create new users… it still showing that this is still a current network home!!! Even though its not there anymore. HOW DO I DELETE THIS?!!(i cleared the cache, did a couple reboots, its still there)

In tiger server, i was able to go into sharing, and delete “unshare” and it would be gone after i refresh…. but this is not happening…

i know this is small to some people, but to me its a “messy server”. I like my servers nice and clean, neat!!

Im thinking about reinstalling leopard server,(erasing the drive) and then just make the useraccounts just like i did, and they will already have their stuff there(its on another drive)

please help! thanks!

[luke]

I’ve noticed that if there is even a single record referencing the home share, it will continue to show up in the list in WGM. Go through all of your user records and group records and make sure none of their home (or group) folders are referencing the old share.

If that doesn’t work, you could check in the LDAP directory to see what entries are listed under “Mounts.” You can use WGM if you “Show all records tab” in its preferences. I also find the Apache Directory Studio to be a very nice LDAP editor for use with OD.

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