[Samba] Auto Create user home directory

[M Azer]

when i add obey pam restrictions = yes to smb.conf. users home dir is
created when the user login for the first time BUT i also noticed that the
machine name is also being created under the home directory -  i sent out
another email with this question but I didn't get any replies

[cat at itbox CAD]$ ls -l
total 20
drwx------ 3 ad01$             Domain Computers   4096 Jan 17 17:57 ad01_
drwx------ 3 administrator   Domain Users       4096 Jan 17 17:59
administrator
drwx------ 3 cat                  Domain Users       4096 Jan 17 18:07 cat
drwx------ 4 mina.azer       Domain Users       4096 Jan 17 17:57 mina.azer
drwx------ 3 vdc2$

as u can see the first and last item are machine accounts .. is that right??


smb.conf
[global]
        security = ADS
        workgroup = CAD
        realm = CAD.TESTDOMAIN
        netbios name = itbox
        preferred master = no
        password server = 192.168.1.6
        client use spnego = yes
        server signing = auto
        encrypt passwords = yes
        nt acl support = no
        obey pam restrictions = yes
        winbind separator = +
        idmap uid = 1000-20000
        idmap gid = 1000-20000
        winbind enum users = yes
        winbind enum groups = yes
        winbind use default domain = yes
        winbind cache time = 0
        winbind nested groups = yes
        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
        template shell = /bin/bash
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        log level = 3
        max log size= 50
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.0. 127.
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No
        browseable = No
        directory mask = 0700
        create mask = 0700

On 1/15/07, Ed Plese <ed at edplese.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:11:29PM -0500, M Azer wrote:
> > now that all permissions are right - if i create a new user on the win
> 2003
> > active directory and specify a home user under profile i will get " the
> home
> > folder could not be created because: the network name cannot be found" I
> > know for sure I am getting that error because the user home folder
> doesn't
> > exist yet on the samba machine - is there any way to get the user home
> > created automatically once a new user are added to active directory.
> >
> > Note: If the new user log in the linux terminal the home user will be
> > created automatically because i am using session required
> > /lib/security/$ISA/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0077
> > in my pam.d/system_auth. how do i get the same thing working when i
> create a
> > user with active directory.
>
> You might try adding the following to your smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
>   obey pam restrictions = yes
>
>
> Ed Plese
>