[Samba] "homes" vs "home"

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:53:54 +0000
Shakil Shaikh via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> > What is the homes share on ?
> 
> I'm not quite sure what this is asking. The paths are of the
> form /data/homefolder/<users>, on a mounted local disk.
> 
> > How have you set smb.conf up ?
> 
> The homes section is as follows:
> 
> [homes]
> comment = Home directories
> browseable = yes
> writable = yes
> create mask = 0600
> force create mode = 0600
> directory mask = 0700
> force directory mode = 0700
> valid users = %S
> hide special files = yes
> follow symlinks = yes
> vfs objects =

And the [global] section is ??????

> 
> > What version of Samba ?
> 
> Version 4.2.14-Debian (I'm actually using Open Media Vault)
> 

4.2.x is EOL as far as Samba is concerned, is there any way you can
update to a later version, preferably 4.5.x or later

Rowland