Unix-side login script under Samba???

[Richard Sharpe]

At 12:04 PM 12/6/00 +0100, Simo Sorce wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
>> At 10:25 AM 12/6/00 +0100, Johan Östensson wrote:
>> >Wouldn't a 'real' unix-side loginscript function be a cool thing for
future
>> >Samba versions? (I would do a patch myself if I could :/).
>>
>> Ummm, why? You can already do it with a 'root preexec' for the netlogon
>> share, and since all you are doing is generating a netlogin.bat.
>
>I think Johan want to execute something on the server (not simply generate
>a batch) and it need it execute only at user logon (eg. for reporting
>purposes) not at every access to a share!

Well, there is already the utmp patch for reporting.

>>
>> Also, it does not matter that netlogon is accessed twice (mapped twice) as
>> the function performed by a 'root exec' should be pretty much idempotent.
>>
>> Just what do you think the 'unix-side login script function' would do?
>
>I may think for example to enable a service only if a particular user is
>logged on and disable it when he logs of!

But that is idempotent, so doing it out of a 'root exec' would work, but
also, you could do:

   include = /etc/smb.conf.%U

And as long as the file /etc/smb.conf.fred exists, it will be included.

Thus, you can enable any services you want for any users.

>> >BTW this is not a 'request' in any way, just an idea. Samba is very nice
>> >without this too :)
>> >
>> >/johan
>> >
>> >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>> >> Från: Richard Sharpe [mailto:sharpe at ns.aus.com]
>> >> Skickat: den 5 december 2000 23:01
>> >> Till: johan.ostensson at orebro.lantmen.se; High Mobley; Gerald Carter;
>> >> samba-ntdom at samba.org
>> >> Ämne: Re: Unix-side login script under Samba???
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 05:29 PM 12/5/00 +0000, High Mobley wrote:
>> >> >Gerald Carter wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sergei Makarov wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Try something like this:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >  [netlogon]
>> >> >> >    comment = Network Logon Service
>> >> >> >    path = /path/to/share/netlogon
>> >> >> >    root preexec = unix-side-script-when-user-logs-on %U %m %a %I
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [netlogon] actually gets connected to twice IIRC.  Check smbd logs
>> >> >> to verify this.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> CHeers, jerry
>> >> >
>> >> >You're correct about this. I've been watching the script
>> >> output, which
>> >> >specifies the share that the client is connecting to.
>> >> Netlogon came up
>> >> >twice per login by WinNT clients machines logging into the
>> >> Samba domain.
>> >>
>> >> Netlogon is accessed once to get the login script, and once
>> >> to check for
>> >> policies.
>> >>
>> >> I think if you switch off policies, it does not do the second access.
>> >>
>> >> >-High Mobley
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> -------
>> >> Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
>> >> Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member,
>> >www.zing.org)
>> >Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
>> >Author, Special Edition, Using Samba
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Regards
>> -------
>> Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
>> Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
>> Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
>> Author, Special Edition, Using Samba
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba