samba - Sep 2006 - Automount Windows home directory

Hi,

Is there a way to connect to the Windows user home directory share from a Samba
client automatically?

At the moment I can manually connect to the share using "mount -t smb"
using the usual hidden/protected credentials file. Obviously this needs editing
every time my domain password changes (as enforced by policy).

However, since getting the workstation to authenticate me from the domain
controllers (i.e. via Samba), manually mounting my home directory (with an
independent password setting) seems very cumbersome.

It's also complicates the scenario of multiple users using one workstation.

Ideally one could log into the Samba workstation with their domain credentials
and their UNIX home directory be connected to the Windows home directory.

Has anyone found a slick way of doing this? Or at least any way of improving the
situation.

(NT4 domain, Fedora Core 5 workstation, GNOME desktop).

Thanks,

Leon...

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Greeting Leon,

For the mount, use pam_mount, it work great. Pam_mount will mount share 
dynamiquely for earch user on the Linux client.
http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net or oldest files 
http://www.flyn.org/projects/pam_mount/.

Robert
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to connect to the Windows user home directory share from a
Samba client automatically?
>
> At the moment I can manually connect to the share using "mount -t
smb" using the usual hidden/protected credentials file. Obviously this
needs editing every time my domain password changes (as enforced by policy).
>
> However, since getting the workstation to authenticate me from the domain
controllers (i.e. via Samba), manually mounting my home directory (with an
independent password setting) seems very cumbersome.
>
> It's also complicates the scenario of multiple users using one
workstation.
>
> Ideally one could log into the Samba workstation with their domain
credentials and their UNIX home directory be connected to the Windows home
directory.
>
> Has anyone found a slick way of doing this? Or at least any way of
improving the situation.
>
> (NT4 domain, Fedora Core 5 workstation, GNOME desktop).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leon...
>
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