[Samba] Dynamic Home Shares
Adam Williams
awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us
Wed Apr 8 18:13:39 GMT 2009
see root preexec = in the man page. so when they go to %U$ (such as
using logon home = z: ) it will run a script that creates the required
directory in /home/pc/
Ken Lupo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to dynamically create user shares when they connect to the
> server based on their username. I cannot use [homes]. My reasoning for this
> is that the users require a $ at the end of the share or it becomes
> confusing to them(long story). What I'm seeing is that some Windows XP
> clients will connect to /home/<username> but other clients try to connect to
> /home/<username>_ (with an underscore). For a work around I have symlinked
> all home folders from <username> to <username>_
>
> Here is my smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
> workgroup = PC
> realm = PC.DOMAIN.COM
> server string = FILE
> security = ADS
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> local master = No
> idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
> idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
> winbind use default domain = Yes
> winbind offline logon = false
> store dos attributes = Yes
> ea support = Yes
> dns proxy = no
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192
> SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_KEEPALIVE
> inherit acls = yes
> inherit permissions = yes
> map acl inherit = yes
>
> [%U$]
> path = /home/PC/%U
> comment = Homes
> read only = No
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreicated.
>
> Thank you,
> Ken
>
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