On a server "linuxbox" using ADS security in a Windows 2003 Active directory, part of smb.conf is ... [srvbackup] force user = sambaa writeable = yes valid users = ADS-Name+Administrator,ADS-Name+dave path = /var/spool/samba/sambashares/srvbackup [homes] browseable = no writeable = yes from an XP professional client, srvbackup is usable but i cannot access my home. error dialog shows "\\linuxbox\dave is not accessible" any ideas ?? dave
David Rigler a ?crit :> > On a server "linuxbox" using ADS security in a Windows 2003 Active > directory, part of smb.conf is ... > > [srvbackup] > force user = sambaa > writeable = yes > valid users = ADS-Name+Administrator,ADS-Name+dave > path = /var/spool/samba/sambashares/srvbackup > > [homes] > browseable = no > writeable = yes > > from an XP professional client, srvbackup is usable but i cannot > access my home. > error dialog shows "\\linuxbox\dave is not accessible" > > any ideas ?? > > dave >could you set the path for the homes shares ? ex : path = /home/%U -- St?phane Purnelle <stephane.purnelle@tiscali.be> Site Web : http://www.linuxplusvalue.be
> On a server "linuxbox" using ADS security in a Windows > 2003 Active directory, part of smb.conf is ... > > [srvbackup] > force user = sambaa > writeable = yes > valid users = ADS-Name+Administrator,ADS-Name+dave > path = /var/spool/samba/sambashares/srvbackup > > [homes] > browseable = no > writeable = yes > > from an XP professional client, srvbackup is usable but i > cannot access my home. > error dialog shows "\\linuxbox\dave is not accessible" >On my system "FileTest" joined to a Win2K domain connections to home work with following setup: 1 - check path for home in getent: FileTest:~ # getent passwd | grep testuser testuser:x:11053:10513:testuser:/home/TEST_WIN_DOMAIN/testuser:/bin/false 2 - note valid user parameter: [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = TEST_WIN_DOMAIN/%S browseable = No read only = No 3 - note location of home directory: /home/TEST_WIN_DOMAIN/testuser Hope this helps. Bruce