From lvl at omnitec.net  Thu Mar  2 18:52:37 2017
From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:52:37 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [GRLUG] Samba home directories
Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.53.1703021751450.30948@Mail.omnitec.net>

Haven't seen any traffic on the list for some time, .. allow me to pose an
interesting problem:

It appears that something has changed in newer versions of Samba - we have
a number of servers where the user home directories are on separate
partition. In the past, Samba would honor the home directory path
in passwd, but now it is not (unsure as the last working, however).

Is there a specific way to specify a home directory not in /home any more?
Have tried path = /u2/Users/%S , but no difference.

        Thanks!


From awilliam at whitemice.org  Tue Mar  7 08:37:33 2017
From: awilliam at whitemice.org (Adam Tauno Williams)
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:37:33 -0500
Subject: [GRLUG] Samba home directories
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.53.1703021751450.30948@Mail.omnitec.net>
Message-ID: <20170307083733.Horde.ZDLxAdy1gs1n1uJDTYX01-L@hordep.wmmi.net>

Quoting "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
> Haven't seen any traffic on the list for some time, .. allow me to pose an
> interesting problem:
> It appears that something has changed in newer versions of Samba - we have
> a number of servers where the user home directories are on separate
> partition. In the past, Samba would honor the home directory path
> in passwd, but now it is not (unsure as the last working, however).
> Is there a specific way to specify a home directory not in /home any more?

There is no actual significance to "/home".

Are you using a "homes" section?

> Have tried path = /u2/Users/%S , but no difference.

It logs nothing about being unable to find the home directory?  The  
log file likely contains exactly what the problem is.

Does the home directory name == the user name?

Are you certain SELinux is not forbidding access to an untagged directory?



From patrick at yoopermail.us  Tue Mar  7 09:02:10 2017
From: patrick at yoopermail.us (Patrick Goupell)
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 09:02:10 -0500
Subject: [GRLUG] Samba home directories
In-Reply-To: <20170307083733.Horde.ZDLxAdy1gs1n1uJDTYX01-L@hordep.wmmi.net>
References: <20170307083733.Horde.ZDLxAdy1gs1n1uJDTYX01-L@hordep.wmmi.net>
Message-ID: <059964bf-5b94-aa98-bfeb-596149a4454d@yoopermail.us>



On 03/07/2017 08:37 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Quoting "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
>> Haven't seen any traffic on the list for some time, .. allow me to 
>> pose an
>> interesting problem:
>> It appears that something has changed in newer versions of Samba - we 
>> have
>> a number of servers where the user home directories are on separate
>> partition. In the past, Samba would honor the home directory path
>> in passwd, but now it is not (unsure as the last working, however).
>> Is there a specific way to specify a home directory not in /home any 
>> more?
>
> There is no actual significance to "/home".
>
> Are you using a "homes" section?
>
>> Have tried path = /u2/Users/%S , but no difference.
>
> It logs nothing about being unable to find the home directory? The log 
> file likely contains exactly what the problem is.
>
> Does the home directory name == the user name?
>
> Are you certain SELinux is not forbidding access to an untagged 
> directory?
>
>
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> grlug at grlug.org
> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug

I don't know if this is related to your problem or not.

I run Debian.  In my home directory I had a symlink to a separate data 
partition.

When I switched from wheezy to jessie I noticed that I could no longer 
open my home folder and naviage into the symlinked data partition.

I had to create a new share  for the data partition and access it as a  
different drive letter (from a windows computer).

Can you try creating a new share for your directory and see if you can 
access it that way.

Patrick

From awilliam at whitemice.org  Tue Mar  7 09:31:28 2017
From: awilliam at whitemice.org (Adam Tauno Williams)
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:31:28 -0500
Subject: [GRLUG] Samba home directories
In-Reply-To: <059964bf-5b94-aa98-bfeb-596149a4454d@yoopermail.us>
References: <20170307083733.Horde.ZDLxAdy1gs1n1uJDTYX01-L@hordep.wmmi.net>
 <059964bf-5b94-aa98-bfeb-596149a4454d@yoopermail.us>
Message-ID: <20170307093128.Horde.o0v0AoOpMfdObGT0oOGaQ6W@hordep.wmmi.net>

Quoting Patrick Goupell <patrick at yoopermail.us>:
> I don't know if this is related to your problem or not.
> I run Debian.  In my home directory I had a symlink to a separate  
> data partition.
> When I switched from wheezy to jessie I noticed that I could no  
> longer open my home folder and naviage into the symlinked data  
> partition.
> I had to create a new share  for the data partition and access it as  
> a  different drive letter (from a windows computer).

man smb.conf
   Default: allow insecure wide links = no
   Default: wide links = no