Hi, Have you checked out a PAM module called pam_mkhomedir.so?
Cheers JC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warwick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: [Samba] Auto create home dirs - how? > I have setup Samba 2.2.3a with an OpenLDAP backend to store users, groups > and computers successfully, which means users are created there directly and > not through the normal unix utils. This means the user's home directory is > not created when the user is. > > Does anyone have ideas on how to get Samba to automatically create a home > directory? > > Sounded easy to me, but I have the added complication of having many user's > home directories on separate Samba servers (ie not the PDC), so I can't just > add a 'root prexec = createhomescript' in the [netlogon] share. > > I've tried the 'root prexec' in the [homes] section but Samba will not show > the user's home share unless the home dir exists - seems like a chicken and > egg situation to me. > > Ideas? > > Regards, > > Warwick Smith > Electronic Services Officer / Webmaster > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au > Tel: +61 8 82223832 > Fax: +61 8 82223147 > > * If it's never finished, you can't prove it doesn't work. * > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba