[Samba] samba and automount

[Tim Allen]

On 16 Nov 2002, Christopher Barry wrote:

> 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.

When you say hidden share, do you mean as in share$? What is the
significance of making it hidden?

Cheers

Tim Allen