[Samba] BDC problem!? user can't get profile/map drive

[Carmen Wai]

My smb.conf already use %L (logon path =
\\%L\profiles\%U)

Is that mean in the smbldap_conf.pm, the $_userSmbHome
is set as q(\\\\%L\\homes) and _userProfile are set as
q(\\\\%L\\profiles\\)???

Thanks a lot!
Carmen


--- Gémes Géza <geza at kzsdabas.sulinet.hu> wrote:

> Change PDC to %L and you are done, the clients will
> request the share 
> from the DC they are connected to.
> 
> >My problem is that when my PDC is down, my BDC can
> >pick up the user authorization but is not able to
> help
> >client to mount to the home directory. 
> >
> >I am using openldap to store user account, I found
> the
> >samba home drive entry in the openldap as
> //PDC/homes.
> >I don't know whether this prevent my BDC to help
> >client to mount to the //BDC/homes instead...
> >
> >Do anyone know how to solve this??
> >
> >Thanks a lot!
> >Carmen
> >
> >
> >--- Gémes Géza <geza at kzsdabas.sulinet.hu> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I would suggest to rsync the profile and home
> shares
> >>periodically, 
> >>between DCs, of course it would mean a lot of disk
> >>space waste :-(
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >>Geza
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Dear Paul:
> >>>
> >>>Would you show me how can I implement the BDC so
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>that
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the user can mount to the BDC home and get the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>profile
> >>    
> >>
> >>>on BDC instead when the PDC is down?? 
> >>>
> >>>Thanks a lot!
> >>>Carmen
> >>>
> >>>--- Paul Gienger <pgienger at ae-solutions.com>
> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>>Then I try to shut down my PDC to check whether
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>the
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>client login through the BDC. I found that my
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>client
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>(on Window NT) are able to authenticated by
> BDC,
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>but
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>Makes sense
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>it keeps saying that it can't retrieve the user
> >>>>>profile. Also the user's home drive can't map
> to
> >>>>>client PC machine. 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>Also makes sense.
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>the map drive and the profile path as
> //PDC/homes
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>and
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>//PDC/profiles. Is that mean, if I am using
> BDC,
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>it
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>is
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>failed to find the //PDC/homes and
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>//PDC/profiles?
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>If your pdc has gone down you will most
> certainly
> >>>>have a problem 
> >>>>mounting drives/accessing files on that machine,
> >>>>just as when any other 
> >>>>server goes down you can't access services
> hosted
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>on
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>it.  If this is 
> >>>>your goal, you need to find some way to make the
> >>>>pdc/home data highly 
> >>>>available, such as storing them on a seperate
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>server
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>that the users are 
> >>>>then pointed to for the data.  There are many
> ways
> >>>>to go about doing 
> >>>>this, you just need to find the way that works
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>best
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>for your situation.
> >>>>
> >>>>-- 
> >>>>Paul Gienger                    Office:
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>701-281-1884
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>Applied Engineering Inc.
> >>>>Systems Architect               Fax:   
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>701-281-1322
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>URL: www.ae-solutions.com       mailto:
> >>>>pgienger at ae-solutions.com
> 
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