[Samba] shares and the use of EnableLinkedConnections

[Ricardo Campos]

Hi.

We are testing a Samba configuration with AD and a File Server (FS), both
on Ubuntu machines.

Unfortunately, the tests with shares are not working as expected.

We configured a GPO so that logon.bat scripts with the desired mappings are
automatically applied when the user logs into AD from a Windows desktop.
This, however, is not working.

We discovered that setting the EnableLinkedConnections parameter to 1 in
the registry subkey
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System of
the user's Windows machine makes the mapping work.

I would like to know if the use of this parameter is mandatory (for all
versions of Windows) or if there are alternatives.

Thanks.

Ricardo

PS. Since this seems to only have to do with the user's machine, I did not
include information about the Samba configuration(s (AD and File Server).
If necessary, please let me know.