> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:49:54 -0600 (EST)
> From: "Carey F. Cox" <carey@tabasco.lamar.edu>
> To: Samba Mailing List <samba@samba.org>
> Subject: Logon scripts
> Message-ID:
<Pine.LNX.4.02.9904021434020.23732-100000@tabasco.lamar.edu>
>
>
> Well, I finally solved my problem of not being able to run executables
> on a Win95 client from a samba share. At the DOS prompt, I had to issue...
>
> C:> net use X: \\SAMBASERVER\SHARE
>
> and then go through My_Computer to the X: drive. Evidently the executables
> were looking for data files that were not in the path. If I add this to
> a logon script, setting up this (and others) drive would be automated.
>
> I know that I can setup a logon script for each user by adding...
>
> logon script = %U.bat
>
> into smb.conf, where user1.bat might contain the following...
>
> net use X: \\SAMBASERVER\user1
> net use P: \\SAMBASERVER\public
>
> that would setup the two drives X and P. However, this would mean I
> need to create a logon script for each user. Since only the home share
> would change for each user (user1 in the example), is there a way to
> setup one logon script for everyone that would automatically factor in
> the user's particular home share?
>
try something like this:
net use X: \\sambaserver\homes
it will map whomever the current user is home dir.
also you should consider (if you're planning on doing more logon scripting
to investigate perl-win32 and/or kixtart.
-sv
