Isilon: AD user SSH to cluster without default home directory is unable to Tab Auto-completion in SSH

Summary: System administrator who is logged with Active Directory credentials without their home directory created may experience issue with commands not completing automatically when pressed "tab" button. ...

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Symptoms

AD user SSH to cluster without default home directory is unable to Tab Auto-completion in SSH.

Symptoms 1)
When user is logged into Isilon with AD credential, below message appears 
Could not chdir to home directory /ifs/home/DIRECTORY/ADUSERNAME: No such file or directory

OR

Symptoms 2)
Shell is defaulted to use /bin/bash 
FreeCandy-1# isi auth users view 'MAINDOMAIN\ADUSERID' | grep Shell
                      Shell: /bin/bash

Cause

Symptoms 1) due to missing zshrc file under home directory

Resolution

Symptoms 1 resolution)
1) Create new home directory for that specific user. # mkdir /ifs/home/DIRECTORY/ADUSERNAME
2) Copy zshrc file from root to user directory. # cp /root/.zshrc /ifs/home/DIRECTORY/ADUSERNAME
3) refresh ssh # exec zsh

Symptoms 2 resolution)
1) Modify the loginShell attribute in Active Directory side
2) Flush auth cache on Isilon # isi auth cache flush --all

Affected Products

Isilon, PowerScale OneFS
Article Properties
Article Number: 000195742
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 28 Jun 2023
Version:  4
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