samba - Feb 2006 - how to set share folder for every user ?

Dear Member,

Thanks for your help.

I have some problem in user folder maping, help me.

My Smb share is

[netf]
path = /netf/user

here i have folder for all the users right now i have 4 users for all the
4 users i have 4 folders this is their home folder while creating linux
user i have specfied this path. i have 1 more folder named scan which is
to be shared by all the users.

1) canny
2) willy
3) harris
4) magda
5) scan

is it possible to set in such a way that automatically the scan folder
should be mapped to f:\ , their home directory in g:\ depends on user.


example for canny
f:\  /netf/user/scan
g:\  /netf/user/canny

if another user login example magda for her it should be like this
f:\  /netf/user/scan
g:\  /netf/user/magda


this should be assigned automatically, all the clinet machines are windows
(some are win xp, some are win 98).

User can go to any computer and login then automatically their f: and g:
should get assigned.

Can it be done using samba?. Should we have seperate batch file under
netlogon folder for every user.

Pls help me.

Waiting for the tips


Saravanan.


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This isn't a samba issue, what you're trying to accomplish is to mount
the shares automatically into the right place. You can either do this
graphically using the Windows-GUI, or from the command line. See the
help about the "net use" command.

An example would be: mount f: \\<server>\scan /user <username>
/persistent

/persistent will reconnected to the share after a reboot.

This would require that you set up the mounts on all workstations. The
alternative is to setup a logon script that contains commands such as
the one above (without the /persistent because the logon script is
executed every time someone logs on).
FYI: There is a "special" share called HOMES available, if you set
this up. It is mapped to the unix users home directory automatically.
A proper netlogon.bat script for you would be:

net use f: \\server\scan
net use g: \\server\homes

See the Samba manual of how to set up a netlogon-script (it will
require another share) and more information about users home
directories (smb.conf.example is a nice place to start with).