[Samba] how to automatically create the home directory

[Rowland penny]

On 10/10/2019 12:19, Roy Eastwood via samba wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Rowland penny via samba
>> Sent: 10 October 2019 11:27
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] how to automatically create the home directory
>>
>> On 10/10/2019 11:14, Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:
>>> Customer asks why [home] doesn't work for a new AD user, turns out the
>>> linux directory doesn't exist on the DM server
>>>
>>> How to let that directory be created?
>>>
>>> GPO?
>>>
>>> I find this:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/User_Home_Folders#Using_Active_Directory_Users_and_Computers
>>>
>>> but the GPO seems only to create the network drive ... but not the
>>> directory on the samba server itself.
>>>
>>> hints?
>>>
>>> thanks all ...
>>>
>> There are three ways, depending on how the user connects.
>>
>> You can manually create a home directory for each user.
>>
>> If the user actually logs into the unix domain member, you can lever PAM
>> to create the home directory the first the user connects
>>
>> If the user only connects over Samba, then you need to create the users
>> home directory with a script. Myself and Louis wrote such a script,
>> would you like a copy ?
>>
>> Rowland
> There's fourth way, which is what is normally used in a Windows-only environment, but works just the same with home folders on a
> samba DM fileserver.   The method relies on creating the user with RSAT tools using ADUC.
>
> On the Profile tab, set a drive letter, eg H: to the path to the home folder, specifying the user's name as %username% for example:
>
> Connect H: to	\fileserver.samdom.example.com\users\%username%
>
> (You can use the short name for the domain or as here the fqdn.)     Providing the Windows ACLs have been set up correctly on the
> share the user's home directory is created automatically.   No script is needed.
>
> HTH
>
> Roy
>
>
Yes, that is another way, but, as far as I am aware, it only works on 
Windows ;-)

If it does work on a Unix Domain member, then this is something I have 
missed.

Rowland