[Samba] Can't get 'root preexec' to run

[Ole Traupe]

Ok. Thank you very much!

So - just guessing - is this working in your case, as you actually named 
the share on the file server 'homes' as the [homes] section in the 
smb.conf? No, that can't be the case. There is no 'path' parameter in 
that section of yours.

Out of curiosity: who is the owner of your auto-created homes according 
to a) Windows and b) Linux?


@Rowland: I think what the wiki means is: if you just define an 
arbitrary share on your file server, mount this on your linux member 
server to e.g. /xyz, and then on the DC via the Unix Attributes (using 
rfc2307) define the user home as /xyz/newuser, this home dir is 
automatically created. I did this in the past. Of course, you have to 
cifs-mount the share with the right permission for the user to be able 
to auto-create his home during his first logon.

In contrast, the [homes] section is not intended to be used as an actual 
share definition, as it is a designated special-purpose section. And, 
thus, the just described auto-creation of user homes wouldn't/shouldn't 
work. But it can work with root preexec, which isn't described on that 
wiki page you cite.

Now you tell me that you even have a preexec parameter in the [homes] 
section on the DC that is working?! Are the actual homes in this case 
located on the DC?

I am on the verge of losing my mind.



Am 21.10.2015 um 16:59 schrieb mourik jan heupink:
> Hi Ole,
>
> On 10/21/2015 02:38 PM, Ole Traupe wrote:
>> MJ, thanks a lot! Just to make sure I get you right:
>>
>> This section is in the smb.conf.
>> a) on the DC acting as file sever as well, or
>> b) on a separate file server running Samba 4.1.17?
> on a separate fileserver. DC's are 4.2.4, fileserver 4.1.17.
>
>> The user log-on happens on a third machine, that is neither DC nor that
>> file server, right?
> Doesn't matter: we have never had any issues with this setup, works 
> from whatever client we use. (windows doman logons, smbclient, cifs 
> mount, etc, etc)
>
>> How and where is the home dir for each user specified? On the DC? In the
>> smb.conf or via the ADUC console in the user properties under "Profile"
>> and/or "Unix attributes"? Are you using rfc2307 in your smb.conf?
> ADUC. And yes: we are using rfc2307.
>
>> Does this work for log-ons on Windows as well as Linux machines?
> Yep. As long as the linux clients use cifs to mount the share, obviously.
>
> MJ
>
>