I have this pre-init script in /etc/init/autofs.conf
start on runlevel [2345] and net-device-up IFACE=wlan0 ... pre-start script modprobe -q autofs4 || true if iwconfig | grep 00:18:84:26:7E:1B then sed -e 's/ #ldap/ ldap/' /etc/nsswitch.conf > /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf && mount /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf -o bind else ! true fi end script
and these lines in my /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: compat #ldap group: compat #ldap shadow: compat #ldap
When I'm on my home wireless network (detected by the access-point mac address, autofs will run to mount home directories, and ldap will be enabled and used to validate user accounts.
Otherwise it is a standalone laptop and will revert to built in accounts and home directories.