OpenLDAP <-> iPlanet cooperation

["Tibbetts, Ric" <TIBBERI@mail.northgrum.com>]

All;
I'm faced with a situation that I'm not sure how to resolve.
I need to set up Linux workstations to run autofs through LDAP. 
Currently, the Suns are all set up that way.

(prior to this project, I'd never worked with LDAP, so my knowledge on 
the subject is extremely sparse).

So far, I have a Linux client (running RedHat 8.0 + OpenLDAP), that 
authenticates through the Sun based iPlanet Directory Server. It handles 
logins just fine. But I can't get the automounter to work for home 
directories.

Per information I've found in various places, I've added the following 
to /etc/auto.master

/home 
ldap:ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com

starting autofs then produces the following in /var/log/messages:

Feb 11 11:32:39 aurora automount[1336]: starting automounter version 
3.1.7, path = /home, maptype = ldap, mapname = 
ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com
Feb 11 11:32:40 aurora autofs: automount startup succeeded
Feb 11 11:32:40 aurora automount[1336]: using kernel protocol version 3

So far so good.

So:

#> service autofs status

Configured Mount Points:
------------------------
/usr/sbin/automount /home ldap 
ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com


Active Mount Points:
--------------------
/usr/sbin/automount /home ldap 
ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com


 Great!


Then I try to log in:

Feb 11 11:32:51 aurora login(pam_unix)[826]: session opened for user 
tibberi by LOGIN(uid=0)
Feb 11 11:32:51 aurora automount[1336]: attempting to mount entry 
/home/tibberi
Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora automount[1343]: lookup(ldap): query succeeded, 
no matches for (&(objectclass=nisObject)(cn=/))
Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora automount[1343]: lookup(ldap): query succeeded, 
no matches for (&(objectclass=automount)(cn=/))
Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora  -- tibberi[826]: LOGIN ON tty3 BY tibberi

Not so good. I get no home dir. What I don't understand is where the 
cn=/ is coming from.
I've checked the LDAP server, and it shows that the line in auto.master 
is a valid string.

I don't know what's going wrong. Can someone shed some light on this?

Much thanks in advance!

	Ric Tibbetts