[Samba] Dynamic Home Shares

[Ken Lupo]

That will work for my dynamic creation. Does anyone know why the %U variable
returns username + underscore(username_) instead of just username?

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Brian Gregorcy <brian.gregorcy at utah.edu>wrote:

> Here is the script that we use to create the home directory when the user
> first logs in.
>
>
>
>  humboldt samba # cat mkhomedir.sh
>> #!/bin/bash
>> # Creates home directories when account is created
>> # gregorcy
>> # Created: 03/21/2008
>> # Last Mod: 06/10/2008 - Added the if for is fac and cleanup
>> ###################################################################
>> #
>> # Variables
>> hostname=`hostname`
>> blessed="The permissions have been fixed "
>> subject1="does not have valid email in our LDAP"
>> subject2="A user is missing their homedir on  $hostname the home dir has
>> been created but the old homedirs should be checked for data"
>> emailto="support at che.utah.edu"
>> emailmes="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
>> ldapmail=`ldapsearch -D "cn=***,ou=***,dc=*****,dc=utah,dc=edu" -b
>> "ou=***,dc=***,dc=utah,dc=edu" -w ***** -x -LLL "(sAMAccountName=$1)" mail |
>> grep mail | sed 's/......//'`
>> ldapfac=`ldapsearch -D "cn=***,ou=***,dc=****,dc=utah,dc=edu" -b
>> "ou=***,dc=***,dc=utah,dc=edu" -w ********* -x -LLL "(sAMAccountName=$1)"
>> memberof >> /tmp/testfac`
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> grep -q Faculty /tmp/testfac isfac=$?
>> echo $isfac
>>
>> # functionville
>> function createbless () {
>>        touch /home/CHEMENG/$1/.blessed
>>        echo "$blessed" >> /home/CHEMENG/$1/.blessed
>>        #chown root:root /home/CHEMENG/$1/.blessed
>>        chmod 700 /home/CHEMENG/$1/.blessed
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> # scriptage
>> if [ ! -e /home/CHEMENG/$1 ]; then        echo "The home dir for "$1 "was
>> not found probably was not migrated "> $emailmes
>>        mkdir /home/CHEMENG/$1        echo "Created the home directory but
>> should check trashheap or CHE-2551-30 for old stuff" >> $emailmes
>>        mail -s "$subject2" support@***.utah.edu < $emailmes
>>        rm -r $emailmes
>> fi
>>
>> if [ ! -e /home/CHEMENG/$1/.blessed ]; then
>>        mkdir /home/CHEMENG/$1
>>                if [ $isfac = 0 ]; then
>>                        xfs_quota -x -c "limit bsoft=61440M bhard=63000M
>> $1" /home
>>                fi
>>
>>
>>                if [ $isfac != 0 ]; then                        xfs_quota
>> -x -c "limit bsoft=3072M bhard=3200M $1" /home
>>                fi
>>        #cp -r /etc/skel/* /home/CHEMENG/$1/*
>>        chown "$1:CHEMENG+Domain Users" /home/CHEMENG/$1
>>        chmod -R 711 /home/CHEMENG/$1
>>                if [ -z $ldapmail ]; then
>>                        echo "Add the attribute mail to the user $1">
>> $emailmes
>>                        echo "then manually :( create the .forward in
>> /home/CHEMENG/$1" >> $emailmes
>>                        echo "Or add the email attribute to the AD and
>> delete the .blessed file " >> $emailmes
>>                        mail -s "$1 $subject1"  support@***.utah.edu  <
>> $emailmes
>>                        rm -r $emailmes
>>                        createbless $1
>>                        exit 0
>>                fi
>>        touch /home/CHEMENG/$1/.forward
>>        echo "$ldapmail" >> /home/CHEMENG/$1/.forward
>>        #chown root:root /home/CHEMENG/$1/.forward
>>        chmod 700 /home/CHEMENG/$1/.forward
>>        createbless $1
>>        # mod the public_html folder so apache can see it
>>        chown -R "$1:apache" /home/CHEMENG/$1/public_html
>>        chmod -R 751 /home/CHEMENG/$1/public_html
>>        chmod -R g+s /home/CHEMENG/$1/public_html
>>
>>
>> fi
>>
>> # Clean Up
>> rm /tmp/testfac
>>
>> exit 0
>>
>>
>> # Notes
>> # Basic premise for the .forward add
>> # touch /home/CHEMENG/$1/foo.txt
>> # echo "gregorcy@***.utah.edu" >> /home/CHEMENG/$1/foo.txt
>>
>> # LDAP Search String
>> # ldapsearch -D "cn=***,ou=********,dc=*********,dc=utah,dc=edu" -b
>> "ou=*********8,dc=********,dc=utah,dc=edu" -w ******** -x -LLL
>> "(sAMAccountName=********)" mail | grep mail
>> # Output looks like this:
>> # mail: jeri@***.utah.edu
>>
>
>
> Adam Williams wrote:
>
>> see root preexec = in the man page.  so when they go to %U$ (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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