SV: Re[2]: [Samba] net use /home ?

[Anders Norrbring]

Anders Norrbring skrev:
>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:44:07 -0500 John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> JD> > It works alright, and all users have full access to their own
>> home
>> JD> > directories. Also, say user "elsa" logs in. She won't get a
>> mapping to
>> JD> > \\server\elsa via the 'net use j: /home' command, but she will
>> get full
>> JD> > access with 'net use j: \\server\elsa'
>> JD> >
>> JD> > Go figure.. Also, nothing really changed on the system apart from
>> upgrading
>> JD> > the samba package from 2 to 3.2.8, that's the strange thing..
>> JD> >
>> JD> I am sorry.. I see now.
>>
>> JD> I have always used the UNC path.
>>
>> Samba 3.2.4 on Vista SP1
>>
>> C:\Users\jj>net use g: /home
>> Drive g: is now connected to \\PDC\jj. Your home directory is g:\.
>>
>> If it´s a samba issue (which I doubt) it have to be between 3.2.4 and
>> 3.2.8
>>
>> What's the result of "set home" on your windows machines?
>>
>> C:\Users\jj>set home
>> HOMEDRIVE=h:
>> HOMEPATH=\
>> HOMESHARE=\\PDC\jj
>>
>> I suppose the command: net use drive /home
>> uses the value of HOMESHARE
>>
>>
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>
>
> Well.. Since I can't connect to the '/home' share, I don't get much out of it all..
>
> Vista Business SP1:
> C:\Users\anders>net use * /home
> Det går inte att identifiera användarens arbetskatalog.
>
> Du kan få mer hjälp genom att skriva NET HELPMSG 3915.
>
> C:\Users\anders>set home
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMEPATH=\Users\anders
>
>
> And on one of the WinXP machines:
> J:\>net use * /home
> Det går inte att identifiera användarens arbetskatalog.
>
> Du kan få mer hjälp genom att skriva NET HELPMSG 3915.
>
>
> J:\>set home
> HOMEDRIVE=J:
> HOMEPATH=\
> HOMESHARE=\\beata\anders
>
>   

I still haven't found the cause of this problem, so I'm turning to you 
fellows on the list again...

Anders.