samba - Apr 2020 - Users' Home Folders - conflicting advice in WiKi

On 11/04/2020 11:00, Rowland penny wrote: 
> > Just confirmed that pam_mkhomedir is not enabled, created a new user
test2 using ADUC.   Set the Home folder on the Profile tab
> to
> > connect H: to \\<server name>\users\test2 and the folder is
created on the server.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
> That is NOT the users home directory, Windows or Unix, you are setting the
'profilePath' attribute in the users AD object and
Samba
> does have the code for that.
No, with respect, this is the Home folder - the User profile folder is at the
top half of that tab.   I was setting the address in
the lower half.  The fact that it is on the 'Profile' tab is a quirk of
Microsoft, and has been there since Windows 2000 (or perhaps
earlier!)

Regards,
Roy

On 11/04/2020 11:06, Roy Eastwood wrote:
> On 11/04/2020 11:00, Rowland penny wrote:
>>> Just confirmed that pam_mkhomedir is not enabled, created a new
user test2 using ADUC.   Set the Home folder on the Profile tab
>> to
>>> connect H: to \\<server name>\users\test2 and the folder is
created on the server.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>>
>> That is NOT the users home directory, Windows or Unix, you are setting
the 'profilePath' attribute in the users AD object and
> Samba
>> does have the code for that.
> No, with respect, this is the Home folder - the User profile folder is at
the top half of that tab.   I was setting the address in
> the lower half.  The fact that it is on the 'Profile' tab is a
quirk of Microsoft, and has been there since Windows 2000 (or perhaps
> earlier!)
>
> Regards,
> Roy
>
I repeat, this doesn't work for me, not unless the users directory 
already exists. I will do more testing and then update the wiki.

Rowland

On 11.04.2020 12:36, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> On 11/04/2020 11:06, Roy Eastwood wrote:
>> On 11/04/2020 11:00, Rowland penny wrote:
>>>> Just confirmed that pam_mkhomedir is not enabled, created a new
>>>> user test2 using ADUC.?? Set the Home folder on the Profile tab
>>> to
>>>> connect H: to \\<server name>\users\test2 and the folder
is created
>>>> on the server.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>>
>>> That is NOT the users home directory, Windows or Unix, you are 
>>> setting the 'profilePath' attribute in the users AD object
and
>> Samba
>>> does have the code for that.
>> No, with respect, this is the Home folder - the User profile folder 
>> is at the top half of that tab.?? I was setting the address in
>> the lower half.? The fact that it is on the 'Profile' tab is a
quirk
>> of Microsoft, and has been there since Windows 2000 (or perhaps
>> earlier!)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Roy
>>
> I repeat, this doesn't work for me, not unless the users directory 
> already exists. I will do more testing and then update the wiki.
>
> Rowland
>
>
I'll also repeat this from my end to make sure it was understood 
correctly. The Windows home folder, i.e. the path stored under AD 
attribute homeDirectory with the respective drive name under homeDrive, 
is indeed created automatically as long as I give ADUC the full path 
where to place it. I have only ever used Samba with RSAT for Windows 10, 
I can't tell you if this changed from older versions.

Viktor