[Samba] samba and automount

[Christopher Barry]

On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 13:49, Trey Nolen wrote:
> 
> > 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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I'm a deb-head too! No, you'll need the source.

-Christopher