[GRLUG] Question Related to Network Folders and Samba

[Justin Denick]

On 9/5/06, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Justin,
> Lets see if I have this straight.  This exports the /shared/home
> directory on the file server and overlays this on top of the home
> directory on the desktop, temporarily hiding the files already
> residing in the home dir on the desktop.


yup


Is it possible to export samba.server.name/home/user to
> /home/user/external? something like this in fstab where user is
> different depending on who logs in:
> samba.server.name:/home/user   /home/user/external   nfs   defaults   0 0


I'm not sure that re-writting the fstab file each time a person logs in is
such a great idea.
Each user has a dedicated home dir that is specified in the /etc/passwd file
and that information is read when they log in.
So, if you want the home directory to be dependent on the username than this
is where the change need to occur.
One way would be to change the users default home directory to be

/home/user/external where this is the mounted share and not the local file
system

You may even be able to accomplish this by linking, but using the useradd
utility would probably be better.



On 9/5/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com > wrote:
> > I'm not so sure I follow.
> > Setup is someting like:
> > -- 1Desktop PC running Ubuntu sometimes and Windows ate other
> > -- A file server that runs samba for the Windows user and the Unbuntu
> user
> >
> > Why not handle the home directory with fstab on Ubuntu and drop the
> Samba
> > Client.
> > Something like:
> >
> > samba.server.name:/shared/home   /home   nfs   defaults   0 0
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/5/06, Benjamin Flanders < flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > Background:
> > I have samba setup on my home network serving up a shared directory
> > and the home dir's on the file server of both my wife and I.  I can
> > access the shared dir and the respective home dir  of whoever is
> > logged into windows.  Works great.
> > The issue:
> > The desktop we use is a dual boot machine and when I use Ubuntu I can
> > only get to the shared directory and not my home dir.  Is it possible
> > to have Linux auto-mount the home directory on a file server of
> > whoever is logged into a separate workstation, like the samba setup I
> > mentioned above?
> > Some more details:
> > - In linux I have the samba deamon automatically mount the shared dir
> via
> > fstab.
> > - If I remember correctly, the samba setup I have uses a file in
> > root's home dir on the desktop called something like .smbauth for the
> > samba username and password.  I believe this is where the issue lies,
> > it uses the same username and password for anyone who logs into the
> > desktop.
> >
> >
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