Sorry correction in previews steps : Hi, I have created LDAP user "ldapuser" and exported its home directory "/home/LDAP/ldapuser" to LDAP client by following steps and its working but when I replace /home/LDAP/ with /home/testdir/ or only /home it is not allowing to modify  database. How can I export the user home directory from same location /home on client with "/home/ldapuser"? Please help me. [root@sc1435-7 home]# ldapmodify -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" -W -f /etc/openldap/automount.ldif Enter LDAP Password: modifying entry "ou=auto.master,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" modifying entry "ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" modifying entry "cn=/home, ou=auto.master,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" modifying entry "cn=testdir,ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" ldap_modify: No such object (32)        matched DN: ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com Working Steps with "/home/LDAP/" Step 1. #mkdir /home/LDAP cp -dpR  /home/ldapuser /home/LDAP/Step 2. Modify data base for "ldapuser" home directory :(as bellow) Create ldif file for auto mount of home directory:(as bellow) Step 3. Edit /etc/exports for shard directory [root@sc1435-7 home]# cat /etc/exports /home/LDAP                  *(rw,sync) # /usr/sbin/exportfs -a Step 4. Add changes in LDAP data base : ldapmodify -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" -W -f /etc/openldap/ldapuser.ldif ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=ldapserver,dc=com" -W -f /etc/openldap/automount.ldif Modify data base for "ldapuser" home directory : # cat /etc/openldap/ldapuser.ldif dn: uid=ldapuser,ou=People,dc=ldapserver,dc=com uid: ldapuser cn: ldapuser objectClass: account objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top objectClass: shadowAccount userPassword: {crypt}$1$lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. shadowLastChange: 13968 shadowMax: 99999 shadowWarning: 7 loginShell: /bin/bash uidNumber: 500 gidNumber: 100 homeDirectory: /home/LDAP/ldapuser Create ldif file for auto mount of home directory: # cat /etc/openldap/automount.ldif dn: ou=auto.master,dc=ldapserver,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap ou: auto.master dn: ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap ou: auto.home dn: cn=/home, ou=auto.master,dc=ldapserver,dc=com objectClass: automount automountInformation: ldap:ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com --timeout 60 cn: /home dn: cn=LDAP,ou=auto.home,dc=ldapserver,dc=com objectClass: automount automountInformation: -rw,hard,intr sc1435-7:/home/LDAP cn: LDAP Thanks and regards, Ashwani