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

[Rowland Penny]

On 22/10/15 11:46, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 22/10/15 11:28, Ole Traupe wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 22.10.2015 um 12:09 schrieb Rowland Penny:
>>> On 22/10/15 10:37, Ole Traupe wrote:
>>>> Rowland, what are [homes] shares on a Unix machine?
>>>
>>> It is described in the smb.conf manpage, but briefly if you try to 
>>> connect to a share called 'username' and samba knows nothing about a 
>>> share called 'username' it checks if there is a user called 'username'.
>>
>> Rowland, you are stating *exactly* what I was repeating several times 
>> now!!
>>
>>
>>> If this user exists, it obtains the users Unix homedir and uses this 
>>> for the share name and path. So if there is a user called 'username' 
>>> and there is a share called '[homes]' in smb.conf, then the users 
>>> homedir is obtained, on a DC this will be '/home/DOMAIN/username' 
>>> unless 'template homedir = ' is set to in smb.conf, on a domain 
>>> member, winbind will use the contents of the 'unixHomeDirectory' 
>>> attribute, but this *must* be a local path.
>>
>> Yes, I know.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What you describe seems to be mostly correct. However, in my eyes 
>>>> there is no such thing as a collection of [homes] shares. This 
>>>> section gets invoked whenever a non-existing share is requested. 
>>>> Thats what the man pages say (with many complicated words) and what 
>>>> I just confirmed here. It even works, if you put 
>>>> \\servername\%username% as home path in the "Profiles" tab of the 
>>>> ADUC (applies right when you click ok).
>>>
>>> Profiles have *nothing* to do with home directories.
>>
>> In know that! But in ADUC, the darn tab is just *named* that way! Go 
>> lok it up!
>>
>
> That is not where you set the Unix home directory, yes there is a 
> heading called 'home folder' on the 'Profiles' tab, but you should be 
> using the 'Home directory' box on the 'UNIX Attributes' tab.
>
> Rowland

A bit more info on this: 'home folder' on the Profiles tab sets the 
'homeDirectory' attribute (windows) and 'Home Directory' on the UNIX 
Attributes tab, sets the 'unixHomeDirectory' attribute (Unix)

Rowland