[Samba] Logon scripts, home directories, and Samba4 AD

[Lee Allen]

Thank you, that works great, and it eliminates the need to create logon
scripts for each user.  That's a big improvement.

ADUC complains it cannot create the folder.  Not surprising, because the
specified folder \\samba3\username does not really exist -- it's a [homes]
share, the true pathname is \\samba3\nas\homes\username.

So I still need to create the directory in the samba3 system, and set
permissions appropriately.

Is there a way around this?  The only solution I can see is to write a
script that will create the necessary directories when a user is created.
 But that wouldn't be simple, because it's on a different server -- the
user is created on the samba4 ADC and the shares are on the samba3
fileserver.


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Gémes Géza <geza at kzsdabas.hu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> This could do the job
>> Identify the home share on your samba3 fileserver (certain it is member of
>> your samba4 domain?!) as dfs root
>>
>> Ex:
>> msdfs root= yes
>>
>> On samba4 ads
>> [home]
>>          msdfs proxy= \your-samba3-server\homes
>>          read only = No
>>
>> with rsat point to \your-samba3-server\homes
>>
>> Good luck
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> Even easier specify \\your-samba3-server\%**USERNAME% as the home folder
> setting under ADUC for all the users you want (you can even select them set
> this once) if you also specify home drive H: it will get mounted at that
> drive letter
>
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>> Betreff: [Samba] Logon scripts, home directories, and Samba4 AD
>>
>> I apologize if this appears twice: I posted it several hours ago and it
>> has
>> not appeared on the list, so I am tweaking the email address and trying
>> again.
>>
>> I have two separate (virtual) servers: one running Samba4 functioning as
>> an
>> AD controller, and one running Samba 3.6.1  functioning as a file & print
>> server.
>>
>> On the Samba3 side I am using security=ads and winbind and authenticating
>> against the Samba4 ADC.  Everything is working great.
>>
>> Where things get a little messy is with the [homes] shares.
>>
>> Here is what I am doing now:
>>
>> My Samba3 smb.conf has a typical [homes] section.  I create a subdirectory
>> for each user, and set ownership & permissions.
>>
>> I create a logon script on the Samba4 system -- one for each user, because
>> the username is embedded in it:
>> net use H: \\samba3\username
>>
>> And then I use RSAT to set the logon script to the correct value for each
>> user.
>>
>> It's just a lot of steps that need to be performed (perfectly) for each
>> user.  Is there a better way?
>>
>> I see RSAT allows me to specify a "Home folder".  Could this be a folder
>> on
>> the Samba3 server -- ie, \\samba3\username ? (I tried that and it did not
>> work)
>>
>> I can imagine some scripts that would create the logon script on the
>> Samba4
>> system, and create the necessary directories on the Samba3 system.  I
>> could
>> probably manage that, but I hate to re-invent the wheel --
>>
>> If there is a clean, orthodox way to do this, I would like to know what it
>> is.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Lee Allen
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