[Samba] template homedir confusion

[Sverre Johan Tøvik]

Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 09:50, Sverre Johan Tøvik wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have set up Samba 3.0.0 with ADS integration. It works fine, with a
> > workaround for a small oddity.
> > 
> > I use template homedirs like this:
> >       template homedir = /home/%D/%U
> > 
> > On a soon-to-be-retired server running 3.0a19, I have a directory LOCAL
> > (as in LOCAL.DOMAIN.NAME) containing the homedirs - this works as
> > expected from the output of "getent passwd", which shows the homedirs of
> > domain users as /home/LOCAL/username. However, on my new server with
> > 3.0.0, this wouldn't work. Examining smbd.log, I found that smbd
> > actually looks for /home/LOCAL.DOMAIN.NAME/username. Slightly puzzled, I
> > checked the getent output again, and sure enough, it still says
> > /home/LOCAL/username. A simple symlink fixed the problem, but it does
> > seem odd. I looked through the release notes, but didn't see this
> > mentioned (though I might have overlooked it). Anyone care to comment? I
> > assume this is not an accidental change of behavior... :-)
> 
> It certainly looks odd...
> 
> File it up as a bug in bugzilla.

Will do. Should I include more detail, or will the above do?


        Sverre