samba - Feb 2005 - Winbind Authentication on Redhat & Home Directories

Hi all, I have Winbind authentication up and running properly (thanks to new,
easy to use features of Redhat Ent 4).

My question is this.  I know that I can, by massaging /etc/pam.d files manually,
have Winbind/Samba automatically create a home directory for each user that logs
in, but I am wondering if Samba/Winbind can instead map to their home directory
as defined in their Windows profile (\\mywindowsbox\userhome) ?

David A. Morrow
Technical Systems Lead
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Dave Morrow wrote:
>Hi all, I have Winbind authentication up and running properly (thanks to
new, easy to use features of Redhat Ent 4).
>
>My question is this.  I know that I can, by massaging /etc/pam.d files
manually, have Winbind/Samba automatically create a home directory for each user
that logs in, but I am wondering if Samba/Winbind can instead map to their home
directory as defined in their Windows profile (\\mywindowsbox\userhome) ?
>
>David A. Morrow
>Technical Systems Lead
>Autodata Solutions Company
>David.Morrow@Autodata.Net
>http://www.autodata.net
>Tel: (519) 951-6079
>Fax: (519) 451-6615 
>
>< Poor planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency
on my part. >
>
>This message has originated from Autodata Solutions. The attached material
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>  
>
I would *think* that this could be accomplished via autofs on your RHEL 
server -- though it would probably be more straight forward to use nfs 
mounts in this case requiring Services For Unix to be installed on the 
Windows server exporting the shares.

Christian