I'm not so sure I follow.<br>Setup is someting like:<br>-- 1Desktop PC running Ubuntu sometimes and Windows ate other<br>-- A file server that runs samba for the Windows user and the Unbuntu user<br><br>Why not handle the home directory with fstab on Ubuntu and drop the Samba Client.
<br>Something like: <br><br>samba.server.name:/shared/home /home nfs defaults 0 0 <br><br><br><br><br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 9/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Benjamin Flanders</b> <<a href="mailto:flanderb@gmail.com">
flanderb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Background:<br>I have samba setup on my home network serving up a shared directory
<br>and the home dir's on the file server of both my wife and I. I can<br>access the shared dir and the respective home dir of whoever is<br>logged into windows. Works great.<br>The issue:<br>The desktop we use is a dual boot machine and when I use Ubuntu I can
<br>only get to the shared directory and not my home dir. Is it possible<br>to have Linux auto-mount the home directory on a file server of<br>whoever is logged into a separate workstation, like the samba setup I<br>mentioned above?
<br>Some more details:<br>- In linux I have the samba deamon automatically mount the shared dir via fstab.<br>- If I remember correctly, the samba setup I have uses a file in<br>root's home dir on the desktop called something like .smbauth for the
<br>samba username and password. I believe this is where the issue lies,<br>it uses the same username and password for anyone who logs into the<br>desktop.<br><br><br>--<br>Share and Enjoy<br>_______________________________________________
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