[Samba] problem with [homes] share for users with unix logins

Adam Williams awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us
Sat Apr 19 21:52:43 GMT 2008


for those users, you could put sambaHomePath: \\server\homedir in their 
openldap info.

Wes Modes wrote:
> I have the [homes] section set up in my smb.conf so that 
> \\server.name\user connects to the user's home directory.  Since I am 
> using OpenLDAP as a backend via smbldap-tools, for most users the home 
> directory comes from the homeDirectory variable in OpenLDAP.
>
> However, when I have a user who also has a login on the samba machine, 
> that is, an entry in /etc/passwd, Samba seems to ignore the value of 
> homeDirectory and use the entry in /etc/passwd instead.
>
> Here is the section from smb.conf
>
> [homes]
>        comment = %u's Personal Share Directory
>
>        browseable = no
>        valid users = %S @admin
>        write list = %S @admin
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>
> I even tried adding the line
>
>        path = /data/home/%S
>
> to the [homes] section, but it seems to be ignored.
>
> Any suggestions how I can make Samba prefer the value in HomeDirectory 
> over /etc/passwd?
>
> Wes
>



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