[geeks] Solaris 11.4 /home puzzle

Tue Jan 11 09:52:43 CST 2022

Don't know but I intend to follow this thread because that's something I'd
like to understand too.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:50 AM Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
wrote:

> Solaris 11.4 really wants to put home directories under /export/home.
>
> I don't want them there.  I have other plans for /export.  I want to put
> them under /home.  But /home on Solaris 11.4 is somehow ...  special.
>
> epsilon3:root:/mnt/morpheus/export/src/xnedit-1.4.0:32 # ls -ld /home/
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 Jan  9 14:07 /home//
> epsilon3:root:/mnt/morpheus/export/src/xnedit-1.4.0:33 # chmod o+w /home
> chmod: WARNING: can't change /home
>
> Does anyone here know something I don't about Solaris 11.4 that would
> explain this?  Why is /home special or reserved?  It almost seems as
> though it exists solely to prevent you from using it.
>
>
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