homes share and logon path

[Ron Peterson]

I was thinking about something along those lines also.  Like you say, %U
is reinterpreted on each connection.  But why does the [homes] share
have problems, then?  This is what I don't understand.  I /think/ I
/maybe/ kinda get it, but if I'm really honest about the situation, I
must admit I'm confused.

How is [homes] being evaluated differently?  Is this a Windows thing or
a Samba thing?

-- 
Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
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Mike Rylander wrote:
> 
> Here is how I solved this problem:
> 
> [globals]
>    .
>    .
>         logon path = \\%N\profiles
>         logon drive = h:
>         logon home = \\home_dir_server\%U
>    .
>    .
> 
> [profiles]
>         path = /home/%U/profile
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = No
>         browseable = no
> 
> Then create the profile directory in each home dir (/home/*).  %U is
> reinterpreted each time windows connects to samba, and samba is doing the
> translation, so windows isn't involved.  To simplify admin, I am NFS mounting
> /home from home_dir_server so that the users profile is in his global unix
> home directory.  And as far as I know, the [homes] shares are the only shares
> that hangs around.  NOTE:  your windows and unix usernames must be exactly
> the same, including case, for this to work.
> 
> --
> Mike Rylander
> Senior Unix Administrator
> Incanta, Inc.
> 
> On Saturday 05 May 2001 23:59, you mumbled homes share and logon path:
> > The Smamba 2.2 PDC FAQ says it is bad to set "logon path =
> > \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf, because sometimes Windows clients will
> > maintain a connection the \\homes\ share after the user has logged out.
> >
> > I'm just trying to understand this.  When /does/ Windows drop a
> > share?  Setting up a [profiles] share as /home/%U/ would suffer the same
> > problem I take it?  And the trick, then, is appending %U to a shared
> > share (so to speak), not making %U part of the share itself.  Correct?
> >
> > I would really like to keep /home/<username> a one stop shop for a
> > person's stuff, including roaming profile data.  Is there a good way
> > to do this?  A [myhomes] share pointing to /home, and "logon path =
> > \\%N\myhomes\%U" perhaps?  Yes/No/Maybe So?