samba - Nov 2002 - [homes] problem using SAMBA 2.2.7

All,

	I just upgraded our SAMBA install from a very ancient version
(2.0.something) to 2.2.7.  Everything is working properly, it seems,
except for connecting to home directories on the server.  We have the
default [homes] section in place in our smb.conf file:

[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   read only = no
   create mode = 0750

	However, when I try to connect to my home directory using
smbclient, I end up in the server's /var/tmp directory, which we have
set up as SAMBA's [global] path.  With the ancient version, I ended up
(as expected) in my home directory.

	Any idea where I should start looking for the cause of this
behavior?

	Thanks very much for any time and assistance.


					--Joe

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Joe Formoso (jformoso@stevens-tech.edu),
  Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 01:57, Joseph Formoso wrote:
> All,
> 
> 	I just upgraded our SAMBA install from a very ancient version
> (2.0.something) to 2.2.7.  Everything is working properly, it seems,
> except for connecting to home directories on the server.  We have the
> default [homes] section in place in our smb.conf file:
> 
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    read only = no
>    create mode = 0750
> 
> 	However, when I try to connect to my home directory using
> smbclient, I end up in the server's /var/tmp directory, which we have
> set up as SAMBA's [global] path.  With the ancient version, I ended up
> (as expected) in my home directory.
> 
> 	Any idea where I should start looking for the cause of this
> behavior?
It looks like there might have been a change to the way the global
'path' is being handled.  Try either removing the 'path = ...'
from
under [global] or put 'path =' in the [homes] share.  That will
'reset'
the parameter back to the default, which should make it point to the
home directory again.

Andrew Bartlett

-- 
Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet@pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet@samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet@hawkerc.net
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