[Samba] Auto create home dirs - how?

[JC Nou]

Hi,

Have you checked out a PAM module called pam_mkhomedir.so?

Cheers

JC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warwick Smith" <warwick at imvs.sa.gov.au>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: [Samba] Auto create home dirs - how?


> I have setup Samba 2.2.3a with an OpenLDAP backend to store users, groups
> and computers successfully, which means users are created there directly
and
> not through the normal unix utils.  This means the user's home directory
is
> not created when the user is.
>
> Does anyone have ideas on how to get Samba to automatically create a home
> directory?
>
> Sounded easy to me, but I have the added complication of having many
user's
> home directories on separate Samba servers (ie not the PDC), so I can't
just
> add a 'root prexec = createhomescript' in the [netlogon] share.
>
> I've tried the 'root prexec' in the [homes] section but Samba will not
show
> the user's home share unless the home dir exists - seems like a chicken
and
> egg situation to me.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Warwick Smith
> Electronic Services Officer / Webmaster
> Email: warwick at imvs.sa.gov.au
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>
> * If it's never finished, you can't prove it doesn't work. *
>
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