Why don't you use the mount -t smbfs -o username=thecurrentltspuser,password=hisownpassword //ntserver/privateforloginuser /home/currentusername
and put it in a login script... On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 12:11, John Clay wrote: > When a regular user (say, "jmc") logs onto my Linux (LTSP, Samba, DHCP) > server via his LTSP terminal I need an NT drive share to be mounted with > the permissions that NT intends. > > Our NT file print server has a directory named "private" which contains > subdirectories for each user. Each user has NT read/write permissions to > his/her private subdir and no others. I need for each user to log onto > the Linux server, via LTSP, and have the private drive mounted with > permissions to allow read/write only to each users own subdir, just as > if the user had logged onto the domain from an NT box. > > Here is how things work at present: > > root and jmc have accounts on Linux server and NT domain (as > administrator and domain user respectively) and passwords are > synchronized properly. Samba participates in domain security and that > aspect of the situation is, I believe, just fine. > > 1) When root is logged onto the Linx server and mounts the NT private > drive via LinNeighborhood with jmc credentials then everything works as > desired for jmc when logged on via LTSP terminal. That makes sense but > jmc isn't going to have access to a root session. > > 2) When jmc is logged to the server (directly or via LTSP) he can scan > the NT file print server (via LinNeighborhood) but can't mount any > directories - Error is "smbmount not found". I assume that is a path > issue. If so then that makes sense too. > > 3) When root is logged onto the Linx server and mounts the NT private > drive via LinNeighborhood with root credentials then root can read/write > everyone's private dir. Makes sense, but if user jmc logs onto Linux > from the LTSP terminal and accesses the share that root mounted he can: > a) read everyone's private directory from Konqueror; > b) but can't write to any of the private drives, not even > his own. > > 3a and 3b don't make sense to me. > > I know that LinNeighborhood isn't really relevant to the issue - just a > convenient way to use the smbmount family of executables with whatever > user account credentials desired. > > Given this behavior, do any of you know how to mount the private drive > in Linux and maintain the permissions that NT intends for each regular > user who logs on via Linux? > > Thanks > John Clay > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net -- respectfully, Joseph (606)477-7551 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
