The tough part is knowing all the file server the users are on.. we have over 2 dozen file servers I believe..
Christopher Johnston Merrill Lynch / DCSA (201) 671-2368 http://linux.worldnet.ml.com -----Original Message----- From: Mike Gerdts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:04 PM To: Johnston, Christopher (DCSA) Cc: 'Urban Widmark'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Stieglitz, Eric J. (DCSA); 'Jim McDonough'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: FW: samba woes The automount map below could be simplified using the macros used by automountd: * -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/&,uid=& Whether you have 1 user or 100,000 users, all you should need is this one line. This is documented on Linux in autofs(5) and on Solaris in automount(1M). Mike On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 10:55, Johnston, Christopher (DCSA) wrote: > Yea I have tried using the automount.. the tough thing is.. we have > alot of users.. so maintaing an auto-map can be really tough.. > ... > -----Original Message----- > From: Urban Widmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:47 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Johnston, Christopher (DCSA); Stieglitz, Eric J. (DCSA); 'Jim McDonough'; >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: FW: samba woes > ... > You can give only a single user access to the mount. But it will be visible to >others (inaccessible perhaps, but visible). > > An autofs map for /home looking like this could be a starting point: > username1 -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/cred1,uid=username1 \ > ://server/share > username2 -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/etc/samba/cred2,uid=username2 \ > ://server/share > ... >
