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...he logs in. In system.auth there is a way you can set it to create the home directories automatically. Search for mkhomedir parameter. * if you do not get a valid output for getent passwd user.name authentication is not going to work # getent passwd vijay.avarachen vijay.avarachen:*:161167:150000:VijayAvarachen:/home/NA/vijay.avarachen:/bin/bash Once you have everything working, I recommend turning on nscd. Nscd will never cache passwords. Passwords are always verified live against AD. I hope this helps people out there....I know there is more I can write ....which I probably will. At my company I h...