AW: [Samba] subdirectory of home

[Christopher Barry]

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:30, Haidenthaler Klaus wrote:
> Yo!
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: María Isabel López Sánchez-Huete [mailto:marisa at ugr.es] 
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. März 2003 10:00
> > An: samba
> > Betreff: Re: [Samba] subdirectory of home
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for your rapid answer, Tiago, but I suppose I don't well 
> > explain my doubt.
> > 
> > What I want is to share a subdirectory of home instead the 
> > home itself. 
> > In this manner, when a user try connect to his home 
> > directory, he really 
> > will connect with, by example, /home/user/subdir.
> > 
> > I don't now if it's possible to do that in the [homes] section, or I 
> > must create a new different section for every user.
> 
> if your clients-machines are Windows2000 or later, you could run a
> net use <drivename>: \\server\homes\your_subdir via netlogon.cmd 
> or even the local Startup-Folder without any changes to your samba-setup.
> 
> Maybe you could add a "path = /home/%u/subdir" to the [Homes] segment, 
> dunno if this works, not even sure if the '%u' is the right variable.
> 
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> Klaus Haidenthaler
> Softpoint electronics
> Server / Netzwerke / IT-Security
> 
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do not create a [homes] share.

Instead, as Klaus suggests,

[my-home]
	path		= /home/%U/somedir
	valid users	= %U
	browsable	= true
	guest ok	= false
	admin users	= @your_admin_group_name


If you're on a Windows domain, and you're using security = server,
on the PDC in the user manager specify the UNC path to the home
directory as in \\server\my-home



-C