[Samba] multi home dir locations

[steve]

On 05/23/2012 07:22 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
> 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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Thanks that's a good idea, but nope. It doesn't work in winbind:

I want a student who has a home directory in
/home2/DOMAIN/students/year7/<student-name>

and a teacher who has a home directory in:
path = /home2/DOMAIN/staff<staff name>

I can't do that with winbind.

As both unixHomeDirectory and the homeDirectory attributes are available 
in the 20008r2 and Samba4 schemas, why not simply write the values _you_ 
want into the directory and map it using nss-ldapd? As m$ make it 
available, surely this is what they intend us to do.
Cheers,
Steve