Samba / automounter

[Volker Kuehnel]

Hi folks,

in our group we're working with samba on a SunOS 4.1.3 workstation and 
about 30 wfwg and win95 clients for several time without any trouble 
(samba-1.9.16p6 release). Now i've installed version 1.9.17p2 and got the 
following problem: 
I can't reach directories on an automounted volume on the Server which is 
not currently mounted by changing directory to that drive on the client. 
With our former version of samba this worked fine, you only had to know the 
name of the automounted volume. What may be the cause of this behaviour?

I'll appreciate your help.

Included is our smb.conf:

;----------------------------------------
[global]
   printing = bsd
   printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap
   load printers = no
   guest account = nobody
;   protocol = COREPLUS
;   browseable = yes    
;   getwd cache = Yes
   log file = /usr/local/samba/log.%m
   dead time = 15

; Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb)
   max log size = 20
; Options for handling file name case sensitivity and / or preservation
; Case Sensitivity breaks many WfW and Win95 apps
;   case sensitive = yes
    short preserve case = yes
    preserve case = yes

; Security and file integrity related options
   lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks
   locking = yes
; Strict locking is available for paranoid locking situations only
;        enabling this severely degrades read / write performance.
;   strict locking = yes
;   fake oplocks = yes
   share modes = yes

security = share


;   local master = yes
;   os level = 33
;   domain master = yes 
;   preferred master = yes
;   domain controller = <NT-Domain-Controller-SMBName>
;   domain logons = yes
;   wins support = yes
   wins server = aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
;   wins proxy = yes

        password level = 3
        revalidate = true
        workgroup = medi

allow hosts = @pcnfs @unix localhost
valid users = @ourgroup

dont descend = /dev

auto services = homes vol
smbrun = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbrun


;-------------------------------------------------------------
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = yes     
   guest ok =  no
   read only = no
  

; here is the automouted /vol -path
[vol]
comment = /vol/...
path = /vol
  guest ok =  no
   read only = no
  writable = yes
   

Volker Kuehnel PhD
University Oldenburg, Physics Department
Research Group Medical Physics (AG MEDI)
D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
email: vk at medi.physik.uni-oldenburg.de
Phone: +49 (441) 798 3566
FAX:   +49 (441) 798 3698