[Samba] How to get rid of the \\my_server\homes share?

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Kraa de Simon wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Samba 3.0.1 on Sun Solaris 5.9.
>
> I'm seeing both a share \\my_server\homes and a share
> \\my_server\<username>.
>
> For example:
>
> \\my_server\homes
> \\my_server\doejohn
>
> Or:
>
> \\my_server\homes
> \\my_server\doejane
>
> Both point to the home dir /export/home/doejane of user doejane.
>
> I want to get rid of the \\my_server\homes share and - in this case - only
> want \\my_server\doejane to show up.
>
> There are some references about the same problem in the archives but I
> couldn't find a fix.

In your [homes] meta-service definition in smb.conf add:

	browseable = No

- John T.

>
> I can't remember seeing this behaviour in earlier Samba installations? Is
> this a bug?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org