Unix-side login script under Samba???

[Simo Sorce]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:

> 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.

I know, but parsing utmp is not so simple as calling a directly a script
to perform some realtime task.
>
> >>
> >> 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.

I'm not think of special samba shares for users, I'm thinking for example
to a script that will enable a proxy only if a user is logged on (a
teacher for example and not a student)

or something similar not related to samba services!

>
> >> >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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
> >Simo Sorce - Integrazione Sistemi Unix/Windows - Politecnico di Milano
> >E-mail: simo.sorce at polimi.it
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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
>
>
>

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