[Samba] hpux samba3 logon script not running

[Arjit Gupta]

Hi All,

As mentioned earlier i am new to this.
With my testing i am confused with below lines mentioned in Using Samba 2nd
edition subheading 4.4.

>>or to* log on* to the domain, in the case of Windows NT/2000/XP

>>Most commonly, the logon script is used to run a net command, such as net
>>use, to connect a network drive letter, like this:
>>net use T: \\toltec\test
>>This command will make our [test] share (from Chapter 2) show up as the
T: drive in My Computer.
>>This will happen automatically, and T: will be available to the user at
the beginning of her session, instead
>>of requiring her to run the net use command or connect the T: drive using
the Map Network Drive
>> function of Windows Explorer.

Query:- My understanding is samba only offers file, printer share services
and we authenticate user to access these services.
*Is it possible to logon from windows client directly to CIFS Domain ? If
so please share how could i do the same ?*

Usually i starts by login into my windows machine and then mount cifs drive
by using Map Network Drive.


Arjit Kumar
9650104435

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org>
wrote:

> Hello Arjit,
>
> Am 24.01.2017 um 14:41 schrieb Arjit Gupta via samba:
> > I am new to this and trying to check how logon script runs.
> >
> > But not able to do so. Though i am able to execute it later from the
> share
> > itself.
> >
> > Below is my smb.conf file.
> >
> > [global]
> >    logon script = %U.bat
> > ...
> > [netlogon]
> >     comment = The domain logon service
> >     path = /var/opt/samba/netlogon
> > ...
>
>
> Is the logon script available directly in the root of the "netlogon"
> share? You use %U.bat, where %U is replaced with the user name (for
> example "agupta.bat"). Can you please check if files for each user exist
> in /var/opt/samba/netlogon/ ?
>
> To make sure that it's not a problem of variable substitution, temporarily:
> - Change "%U.bat" to "script.bat".
> - Reload Samba.
> - Create the file "/var/opt/samba/netlogon/script.bat" with some
> content. For example:
>   net use X: \\cifs\tmp
> - Verify that you can execute the script by double-clicking.
> - Log on and see, if the X: drive is mapped.
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>