George
2005-Oct-25 03:05 UTC
[Samba] question about accessing XP login names within smb.conf
I don't want to maintain a list of userids in either Linux, or Samba. Our PDC is a win 2000 box and all the userids are stored on that win 2000 box. I'd like to store the "My Documents" folders on a Samba server and use %U to map each student's "My Documents" to their directory on the Linux machine. This works well in Win 98, but on the XP machine, instead of using the name the student logged in with, Samba uses "guest" or "nobody" depending on how I change the smb.conf file. I have applied the reg change for XP, and enabled netbios over tcp/ip which were both suggestions I have read so far. Anyway, the sytem details are: Samba V 3.0.20 Linux kernel 2.4.22 Slackware 9.1.0 The XP is XP Pro with all latest Updates and SP's etc. My smb.conf file is: [global] workgroup = ISASKILLS server string = Training load printers = yes log file = /var/log/samba max log size = 50 security = share ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs socket options = TCP_NODELAY [printers] comment = Canon Bubble Jet 265sp path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes public = yes printer = bjc265sp guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes [ComPro] comment = Community Promotions browseable = no public = yes path = /var/shared/compro writable = yes printable = no [Admin] comment = CommPro Admin browseable = no path = /var/shared/admin writeable = yes printable = no public = yes [CDRom] comment = Shared CDRom browseable = yes public = yes path = /cdrom writeable = no printable = no [Resources] comment = Computer Resources browseable = yes public = yes path = /var/shared/resources writeable = yes printable = no [My Documents] comment = My Documents browseable = yes public = yes path = /var/shared/compro/%U writeable = yes printable = no Any help or ideas would be muchly appreciated. George Dau wftd@isaskills.org Mount Isa - Rodeo Capital of Australia