Unlike Rodney, we don't refer to a unix passwd file, but build the paths.
We create the smb mounts and map 4 static global drives via a startup
script. We map 2 user drives (dynamic per user) via the logon script, which
follows. (More advice follows script)
:: S30-OpenAFS-MapUserDrives.bat
::
:: setup the default environment
call \\ad.physics.unc.edu\dfs\scripts\panic\Environment.bat
echo %0 >> %FULLLOGFILE%
%nlfecho% Mapping user AFS drives ... >> %LOGFILE%
set firstcharacter=%username:~0,1%
%nlfecho% X >> %LOGFILE%
:: map X to /afs/physics.unc.edu/users/u/username
net use X: /delete
net use X: \\afs\users\%firstcharacter%\%username%
%nlfecho% W >> %LOGFILE%
:: map W to /afs/physics.unc.edu/users/u/username/Windows
net use W: /delete
net use W: \\afs\users\%firstcharacter%\%username%\Windows
echo done >> %LOGFILE%
:: end script
Environment.bat is called by many of our login and startup scripts and the
locations of needed binaries, directories, and other variables are set
there (so they can be adjusted for all scripts in one place). FULLLOGFILE
is for admin diagnosis while text sent to LOGFILE is echoed to the screen
interactively (thanks to a bit code that Rodney was kind enough to share).
Basically, mapping drives isn't hard at all, but my advice is that if
you're building a true Windows _infrastructure_, then make sure your
scripts are structured and manageable long-term. For instance, all of my
startup and logon scripts are named SXX-description.bat and called in order
by a wrapper script. Each script sources the same Environment.bat. For a
unix admin reluctantly supporting Windows, this just makes me a happier
admin. Any resemblance to unix rcX.d startup style is purely intentional.
Regarding mapped drives vs. UNC paths, our biggest problem is that file
change notifications do not work on \\AFS UNC paths, as referenced in
http://rt.central.org/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=50864 . My understanding is
that this will never be fixed on WinXP.
Cheers, Stephen
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Stephen Joyce
Systems Administrator P A N I C
Physics & Astronomy Department Physics & Astronomy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Network Infrastructure
voice: (919) 962-7214 and Computing
fax: (919) 962-0480 http://www.panic.unc.edu
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Rodney M. Dyer wrote:
At 11:45 AM 12/21/2007, Dave Botsch wrote:
Those of you using windows and mapping a user's afs homedir to a windows
drive, how are you doing it?
Our xp logon scripts can see our unix passwd file so I just use some command
shell code something like the following...
:: get afs home directory
set "afs_homedir="
nlfecho Finding AFS home directory...
if not exist "\\afs\uncc\...\passwd" (
echo error.
echo Unable to access AFS UNIX passwd file.
exit /b 1
)
:: search password file for user's entry and get homedir
for /f "tokens=6 delims=:" %%i in ('findstr /i /b /c:"%UserName%:"
\\afs\uncc\...\passwd') do (
set "afs_homedir=%%i"
)
if not defined afs_homedir (
echo error.
echo User not found in passwd file.
exit /b 1
)
echo done.
:: remove the /afs and convert forward slashes to backslashes
set "xp_homedir=%afs_homedir:/afs=%"
set "xp_homedir=N:%xp_homedir:/=\%"
echo Homedir=%xp_homedir%
:: check for existance of home directory
nlfecho Checking AFS home directory...
if not exist "%xp_homedir%" (
echo error.
echo The home directory doesn't exist.
exit /b 1
)
echo done.
Note that our users have the AD account home drive property set to something
like:
"n:\uncc\...\rmdyer"
So the N: drive is already mapped globally when the user logs on via...
net use n: \\afs\all
Of course global drives are now deprecated and are not supposed to be used,
but we still use them in XP. We are working on plans to use UNC paths soon.
The trouble is that the xp command shell (cmd.exe) cannot use a UNC path as a
current directory, so I'm not sure what Microsoft "expects" us to use in the
Profile options dialog of the AD account options.
Rodney
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