[Samba] samba and automount

[Trey Nolen]

> You have 2 options as I see it:
> 1. EASY: don't map the share!

That would work (has worked for some) but this software REQUIRES a mapped
drive. :-(


> 2. HARDER: Compile samba --with-msdfs, drive-map the *root* of the msdfs
> tree, and make the cd-rom share a 'hidden share' folder under the root.
> The name of the msdfs symlink will appear as the share name to your
> users. That way, even though the drive is mapped to the root,
> pre/post-exec will still work when someone actually clicks on the folder
> under the root.
>
> Read up on msdfs use in samba. It's not easy at first, but once you
> learn it, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.


Thanks. I'll give that a try.  I'm actually using the Debian distribution of
Samba. Does anyone know if it is already compiled with the msdfs option? Or
is there a good way to tell?

Trey Nolen




>
> Good Luck,
> Christopher
>
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