[Samba] Re: net use H: /home does not work
cisco
cisco at email.arizona.edu
Thu Apr 17 15:38:13 GMT 2003
I finally discovered my error. I had the 'logon home = \\%L\homes\%U'.
Once I chnaged it to \\%L\%U it started working.
Thanks for everyone's help on this!!!!!
Kristyan Osborne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Make sure you have
> logon drive = p:
> logon home = \\%L\%U
> in your smb.conf file in the global section (you may need to HUP smbd)
>
> from your win2k box you should be able to do net use h: /home
>
> If this doesnt work then run the command net user yourusername /domain
> This command will tell you where windows thinks the home directory is. (this should be \\server\username)
>
> Cheers
>
> Kristyan Osborne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco [mailto:cisco at email.arizona.edu]
> Sent: Wed 16/04/2003 00:16
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Cc:
> Subject: [Samba] Re: net use H: /home does not work
>
>
>
> Jer,
> It looks like you have a seperate logon script for each user. Samba is
> supposed to work with one generic logon script for all users when the
> homes share is setup and 'logon drive=H' and 'net use H: /home'.
>
> Jerry Lynde wrote:
> > Our setup here has the following in smb.conf...
> >
> > [homes]
> > comment = Home Directories
> > username = %S
> > writeable = Yes
> > create mask = 0744
> > force create mode = 0775
> > directory mask = 0750
> > browseable = No
> >
> >
> > Slightly different from what you have. The command we use to connect to
> > the shares is 'net use H: //$hostname/$username' where $hostname = the
> > *NIX machine with samba running and $username is the *NIX username.
> > Works like a charm. You may want to try something similar.
> >
> > Jer
> >
> > At 04:44 PM 4/15/2003, cisco wrote:
> >
> >> I don't have a home defined for each user. Samba allows you to create
> >> a HOMES share that is generic for all users on the system and
> >> supposedly if you have in your logon script 'net use H: /home' and you
> >> have the global parameter 'logon drive = H' it's all supposed work
> >> magically and each user will see their home directory mapped using
> >> their logon id.
> >>
> >> Tom.Williams at diversifiedsoftware.com wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've got Samba installed on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris servers. I have
> >>> "Homes" configured on each of them and when we map drives from
> >>> Windows, we
> >>> map the user's home directory directly:
> >>> net use H: \\{server}\tom
> >>> and "tom" is my Unix login id and the name of my home directory on that
> >>> box.
> >>> Are your Windows IDs different from the defined Unix account names?
> >>> Peace....
> >>> Tom
> >>>
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> >>> | | 04/15/03 03:21
> >>> PM |
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> >>> work |
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> >>>
> >>> "Our mission is to help our clients achieve more
> >>> cost-effective
> >>> data center operations."
> >>>
> >>> That was already set correctly. It still does not work.
> >>> Greg Miller wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Try this:
> >>>>
> >>>> Login to swat and go to globals and select advanced view. Scroll down
> >>>> to the Login Options section and set the logon drive to H:
> >>>>
> >>>> If you don't use swat add logon drive = H: to the samba conf in the
> >>>> global section.
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: samba-bounces+gmiller=eccbm.com at lists.samba.org
> >>>> [mailto:samba-bounces+gmiller=eccbm.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
> >>>> cisco
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:41 PM
> >>>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> >>>> Subject: [Samba] net use H: /home does not work
> >>>>
> >>>> The latest Orielly book Using SAMBA 2nd edition says that after you
> >>>> have
> >>>>
> >>>> created a homes share that adding this line to your logon.bat file the
> >>>> user's home directory will be mapped and it will be called their user
> >>>> name. Well the logon.bat script gets an error on this line saying that
> >>>> it is not the proper use of the net use command. So instead I changed
> >>>> the command to net use H: \\pts3\homes and that works except the name
> >>>> that displays on the mapped drive is homes - not the user's logon name.
> >>>> How do I make this work properly?
> >>>> Here is the definition of my homes share:
> >>>>
> >>>> [homes]
> >>>> comment = Home Directories exported for users
> >>>> path = %H
> >>>> valid users = %S
> >>>> read only = No
> >>>> create mask = 0600
> >>>> directory mask = 0700
> >>>> browseable = No
> >>>>
> >>>> John Francisco
> >>>> University of Arizona
> >>>>
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