samba - Oct 2022 - template homedir

Hi Rowland,

I didn't want to put the actual names in the email, so I'll put the 
pertinant part of [global] with the name slightly changed

[global]
 ?? ?netbios name = NC1
 ?? ?realm = PETERCARLSON.LOCAL
 ?? ?server role = active directory domain controller
 ?? ?server services = s3fs, rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, 
winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
 ?? ?workgroup = SPC
 ?? ?idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes


home folders are getting created as : /home/peter at petercarlson.local and 
not peter at SPC

On 10/13/22 08:32, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>
>
> On 13/10/2022 16:09, Peter Carlson via samba wrote:
>> I have a domain of somereallylongname at domain with a netbios name of 
>> SHORT. 
>
> When you say 'domain', do you mean the dns domain ? because that
isn't
> a valid dns domain, also, when you say netbios domain, do you mean the 
> netbios domain name or the the netbios name aka the short hostname in 
> capitals.
>
> ?I would like the user dirs on linux to be created as
>> /home/%U at SHORT, but they keep getting created as %U at long_name
>>
>> I cant seem to find the parameter that allows %D to be set as netbios 
>> shortname
>
> Looks like you mean the computers name in capitals, in which case
'%h'
> might be what you are looking for, but I think this will be in lowercase.
>
> '%D' is always the netbios domain name (aka workgroup) in capitals.
>
> Rowland
>

On 13/10/2022 16:38, Peter Carlson via samba wrote:
> Hi Rowland,
> 
> I didn't want to put the actual names in the email, so I'll put the
> pertinant part of [global] with the name slightly changed
> 
> [global]
>  ?? ?netbios name = NC1
>  ?? ?realm = PETERCARLSON.LOCAL
>  ?? ?server role = active directory domain controller
>  ?? ?server services = s3fs, rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, 
> winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
>  ?? ?workgroup = SPC
>  ?? ?idmap_ldb:use rfc2307 = yes
> 
> 
> home folders are getting created as : /home/peter at petercarlson.local and
> not peter at SPC
By default the template homedir is /home/%D/%U where '%D' is the 
workgroup (in this case 'SPC') and '%U' is the username, which
means you
should be getting /home/SPC/peter. You do not seem to be getting this, 
so I presume that you have set the 'unixHomeDirectory' attribute in AD, 
if so, what did you use for the value.

I suppose that I should point that Samba does not recommend using a DC 
as a fileserver.

Rowland