[Samba] pre/postexec

[Joel Hammer]

I don't have the energy to check this out myself, but:

The path specified in your share doesn't exist until you run the preexec.
Are you sure a user can log on under this circumstance?   Have you checked
your logs? Have you run testparm?

As a test, mount some other directory with a preexec command and see if that works, and keep
directory R always mounted.

Joel



On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:31:28PM +0200, rybaczuk wrote:
> Running system: SuSE 7.2 (kernel 2.2.4) & samba-3.0.0beta1. There is 
> coexisting Win(Millennium) system at the server (reason: many win partitions 
> MUST be directly available at the central unit under windows after rebooting 
> to windows).
> 
> People connect their laptops (with small HD and Win2k SP2) to central unit and
> samba offers shares with Linux accounts. However, there are many win 
> partitions (previously created for any user) at the same computer equipped 
> with many HD (6 at present time). It is not possible to mount all win 
> partitions - too many. Usual mounting scripts entails left mounted partitions 
> after logout or closed connections (users behave in this way). In many cases 
> the same (already mounted and left partition) is used by few users. 
> 
> PROBLEM: is it possible to create specific share, mounting some particular
> windows partition (from another HD at the same computer) in accordance with
> user during logon and UNMOUNT it during logout or closed connection? Does
> anybody has an idea or knows a method how to do this or he has met a similar
> problem?
> 
> FIRST ATTEMPT: I tried to employ pre/postexec mounting partition specific for 
> a given user. The exemplary generated share is as follows:
> 
> [Win_mag]
> 	comment = Zbiory Win na Marku
> 	path = /windows/R
> 	valid users = magda
> 	read only = No
> 	browseable = Yes
> 	preexec = mount -t vfat /dev/hdf5 /windows/R
> 	postexec = umount /windows/R
> 
> According to fstab everybody can mount this partition
> 
> /dev/hdf5	/windows/R	vfat	noauto,user 0 0
> 
> The share is visible as empty but the pre/postexec script hasn't been
> executed. Is something wrong with the above configuration?
> I am not very familiar with more advanced features of samba configuration
> (half-newbie). Everything else cups printers, other shares being detaily
> described in man/how-to files work excellent.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any byte of information,
> 
> Marek Rybaczuk
> 
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> Marek.Rybaczuk at pwr.wroc.pl
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