[Samba] multi home dir locations

[Muhammad Yousuf Khan]

check this.


[ProfileShare]
       comment = Roaming Profile Share
       path = /nas/users/%D/%U
       valid users = %U
       read only = No
       guest ok = No
       browseable = yes
       root preexec = /scripts/smbmkdir.sh %D %U
       create mask = 4770
       directory mask = 4770
       store dos attributes = Yes
       map archive = No
       map system = No
       map hidden = No
       map readonly = no



<smbmkdir.sh>
#!/bin/bash

if [ ! -e /nas/users/$1/$2 ]; then
  mkdir -p /nas/users/$1/$2
  chown $2:admin-grp /nas/users/$1/$2
  chmod 4770 /nas/users/$1/$2
fi
exit 0

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:28 PM, steve <steve at steve-ss.com> wrote:
> On 05/23/2012 03:56 PM, Collen wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i've got samba 3.6 joined to a ad domain (s4 in this case)
>> running winbind
>> all looks ok, but i ran into a problem (for us that is)
>>
>> i've got 2 groups (students and employes)
>> who have there home dirs in 2 different places.
>>
>> /home/students/<user>
>> /home/employ/<user>
>
>
> +1
> It's not just you:
> we have s3 connected to and s4 domain and we want e.g.
>
> /home2/students/year7
> /home2/students/year7/year7a/<student>
> /home2/students/year7/year7b/<student>
> /home2/staff
> /home2/staff<teacher>
>
> Under winbind we cannot see how to do it. So we have used the new
> nss-pam-ldapd instead and store the unixHomeDirectory in the directory. As
> it's available in both the 2008 and s4 schema it works quickly and
> efficiently. With the homeDirectory [share] and unixHomeDirectory being
> mapped by ldapd it works fine. Just like under 2008r2. I Really do think we
> should look into this being standard.
>
> Winbind has done a good job since 2000 but unless it can cope with new
> ideas. . . I'm sure it can. It's just not as easy.
> Please contact us personally for full details.
> Cheers,
> Steve.
> http://linuxcostablanca.blogspot.com.es/p/s4bind.html
>
>
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