CentOS - Nov 2012 - SAMBA and Active Directory Intergration Problem

I have a CentOS6.3 SAMBA file server. All the users are on a Windows Server 2008
Active Directory Domain Controller and authentication is done using Winbind
integration on SAMBA .

 

Everything works well except that if someone logs on to the Samba Server, they
see all the shared folders there and also a folder with their own name %USER%.
This Folder is not accessible, one cannot enter into this folder, I have noticed
that it's not being automatically created in the home folder :

i.e  /home/%USER%/ is not there.

 

 

 

 

My smb.conf  is as follows

 

       workgroup = Domain0

       security = ads

       realm = Domain.com

         

       encrypt passwords = yes

       preferred master = no

 

       template shell = /bin/bash

       template homedir = /home/%D/%U

       winbind separator = $

      ; template primary group = "Domain Users"

       winbind uid = 600-20000

       winbind gid = 600-20000

       winbind use default domain = yes

       winbind nested groups = yes

       winbind enum users = yes

       winbind enum groups = yes

       enhanced browsing = yes

       winbind offline logon = false

      password server = dc.domain.com

 

      [homes]

 

       create mask = 0775

       directory mask = 0775

       browseable = no

       comment = Home Directories

       valid users = %U

       writable = yes

 

 

anyone who can help me on this?

 

Bonnie

There are two things you can do,

1. for homes share, add "path = /path/to/home/%S"
2. for homes share, change mask from 0775 to 0700

This may help but may not the way you are looking for.

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On 2012-11-19 5:10 PM, Bonnie B Mtengwa wrote:
> I have a CentOS6.3 SAMBA file server. All the users are on a Windows Server
2008 Active Directory Domain Controller and authentication is done using Winbind
integration on SAMBA .
>
>   
>
> Everything works well except that if someone logs on to the Samba Server,
they see all the shared folders there and also a folder with their own name
%USER%. This Folder is not accessible, one cannot enter into this folder, I have
noticed that it's not being automatically created in the home folder :
>
> i.e  /home/%USER%/ is not there.
>
>   
>
>   
>
>   
>
>   
>
> My smb.conf  is as follows
>
>   
>
>         workgroup = Domain0
>
>         security = ads
>
>         realm = Domain.com
>
>           
>
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>
>         preferred master = no
>
>   
>
>         template shell = /bin/bash
>
>         template homedir = /home/%D/%U
>
>         winbind separator = $
>
>        ; template primary group = "Domain Users"
>
>         winbind uid = 600-20000
>
>         winbind gid = 600-20000
>
>         winbind use default domain = yes
>
>         winbind nested groups = yes
>
>         winbind enum users = yes
>
>         winbind enum groups = yes
>
>         enhanced browsing = yes
>
>         winbind offline logon = false
>
>        password server = dc.domain.com
>
>   
>
>        [homes]
>
>   
>
>         create mask = 0775
>
>         directory mask = 0775
>
>         browseable = no
>
>         comment = Home Directories
>
>         valid users = %U
>
>         writable = yes
>
>   
>
>   
>
> anyone who can help me on this?
>
>   
>
> Bonnie
>
>   
>
>   
>
>   
>
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On 11/19/2012 01:10 AM, Bonnie B Mtengwa wrote:
> Everything works well except that if someone logs on to the Samba
> Server, they see all the shared folders there and also a folder with
> their own name %USER%. This Folder is not accessible, one cannot
> enter into this folder, I have noticed that it's not being
> automatically created in the home folder :
>
> i.e/home/%USER%/ is not there.

That's correct.  Samba does not automatically create home directories.

One solution for this was posted on the samba list years ago:
http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2005-June/106958.html