[Fwd: Re: [Samba] direct descent into home directory]

[Jerry Mersel]

Hi:

 The home directory isn't being maped to a letter (as in netuse h: /home).
After the user chooses the machine the user must login, he then sees in
the window a folder with the same name as his userid. The user must then
choose this folder to enter his home directory.
 I want him to go directly into the folder without having to choose it.

                                    Regards,
                                      Jerry

> I just want to make sure I understand you correctly before making any
other recommendations. It sounds as though your users are able to login,
and have a drive mapped to some directory on your server that CONTAINS
all your users' home directories. Is that correct? If it is, how do you
have your home directories setup compared to what is listed for each
user in /etc/passwd (or corresponding LDAP entry)? Samba *SHOULD* be
mapping each home directory accessed to each user's home directory as
listed in /etc/passwd when a user maps the drive using net use h: /home
(or any other drive letter, of course).
>
> The other possible scenario I can see is that Windows Explorer isn't
opening on startup to a user's home directory, but that sounds like the
less-likely scenario.
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Jerry Mersel wrote:
>
>> Thanks for answering.
>>
>> What I meant was , after a user logs in there is another folder to
click to enter the users home directory. I want to go directly into the
home directory.
>>
>>                             Regards,
>>                               Jerry
>>
>>> Samba alone will not automatically map a user's home directory to any
specific drive. The best way (that I know of) to implement this is to
create a login script, where you run a command like this:
>>>
>>> net use h: /home
>>>
>>> That should map the H drive on the user's machine to their home directory
>>> on the Samba server. I'm assuming this is what you mean when you say
Samba will go directly to the users' home directories. Hope it helps.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Jerry Mersel wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying, after login that samba will go directly
>>>> to thei users home directory. But it doesn't happen. Please help.
>>>>
>>>> Here is my setup:
>>>>
>>>> logon home = \\%N\%U
>>>>
>>>> [homes]
>>>>   comment = %U's Home Directory
>>>>   valid users = %S
>>>>   read only = Yes
>>>>   browseable = no
>>>>   ## path = %H
>>>>   create mask = 0600
>>>>   directory mask = 0700
>>>>   guest ok = no
>>>>   printable = no
>>>>
>>>>                          Regards,
>>>>                            Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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