To be clear, all of my references to UNIX user account pertain to the user accounts on the Samba server host, not Gentoo accounts on the client PCs.
Stan Hoeppner put forth on 7/8/2010 9:07 PM: > Michael Sullivan put forth on 7/8/2010 2:41 PM: > >> [homes] >> path=/samba/michael >> valid users=michael >> writable=yes >> >> path=/samba/amy >> valid users=amy >> writeable=yes > > I'd suggest you set the UNIX HOME variable to match these non standard home > paths. For instance, the default UNIX home dir is set as, in my case: > > [08:57:34][s...@greer]~$ set > .. > HOME=/home/stan > .. > > In your case, set the HOME variable for each UNIX user account according to > the correct but non standard path you are using: > > HOME=/samba/michael > HOME=/samba/amy > > Read your distro documentation on how to set the user HOME variable. After > you've done so, you should be able to use something like this in smb.conf: > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > read only = no > create mask = 0775 > directory mask = 0775 > valid users = %S > > with success. > > There are probably other ways to skin this cat, but this is the setup I've > been using and it works perfectly, albeit on Debian Lenny with Samba 3.2.5 > (workgroup--not a domain controller). Once you've done this you can browse > Windows Network Neighborhood and map the user home share to a drive letter. > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
