
112 Chapter 7 Setting Up Home Directories
The maximum path length of limit of 89 characters for home directories and other
automount share points is reduced by different amounts depending on the version of
Mac OS X used on clients:
• 10.2 - 10.2.8: (89-24 overhead) = 65 characters max
• 10.3 - 10.3.4: (89-38 overhead) = 51 characters max
• 10.3.5 or more recent versions of 10.3: (89-24 overhead) = 65 characters max
• 10.4 Tiger: (89-16 overhead) = 73 characters max
For more information, see the Apple Service & Support website article “Avoid Spaces
and Long Names in Network Home Directory Name, Path” at docs.info.apple.com/
article.html?artnum=107695.
Distributing Home Directories Across Multiple Servers
The following illustration depicts using one Mac OS X Server for storing user accounts
and two other Mac OS X Servers for storing AFP home directories.
Avoid Spaces and Long Names in Network Home Directory Path
If the absolute path from the client to the network home directory on the server
contains either spaces or more than 89 characters, certain types of clients cannot
connect. For example, a client using automount with an LDAP-based AFP home
directory may not be able to access its home directory.
To resolve or avoid the issue, be sure that the full path to the network home directory
contains no spaces, and that the total path does not exceed 89 characters. The solidus
or “slash” (/) counts as a character.
Home directories A through M
Mac OS X Servers
Home directories N through Z
User accounts
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