NFS and laptops

From: Captain Dondo (yan_at_NsOeSiPnAeMr.com)
Date: 12/31/04

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    I have a laptop that I use at home and on the road. At home, I have NFS
    set up and my home directory is on the server.

    On the road, my home directory is obviously not available since I don't
    have a connection to my home server....

    I'd like to set up some sort of a reasonable system, where if the home
    server is available, my home directory will become my default home
    directory, but I still have access to my 'local' home directory so I can
    copy whatever files I need.

    My set up is this:

    /home/yan <--- local home directory
    /home/nfs/yan <--- NFS mounted directory

    Right now, my /etc/passwd file on the laptop doesn't include a user 'yan',
    so I can't log in if I'm not networked...

    Is there a way to get the login process to try NFS first, then fall
    through to the same user in /etc/passwd, past the +::::: entry?

    Any other way people handle this?

    Thanks....

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