Sorry - didn't notice before that last message that you weren't using a VB login script.
-John From: Liutauras Adomaitis <liutauras.adomai...@gmail.com> To: c...@rocon-it.de Cc: samba@lists.samba.org, Santhosh Kumar Gulla <santy4li...@gmail.com> Date: 06/03/2009 02:58 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] logon script On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Christian Rost <c...@rocon-it.de> wrote: > Hi, > > you don't have access to Samba variables from within your logon script. The most convenient way to solve this is by using the "ifmember.exe" executable from the Windows Server 2003 toolkit and to place it into your netlogon share - you need to google for ifmember. > > With ifmember.exe you can test, if the user who is running the logon script, belongs to the specified group. Use the following lines as an example and add it to your logon script: > > <....snip....> > \\%SERVER01%\netlogon\ifmember.exe /verbose tech > if errorlevel 1 goto TECH > :STOPTECH > > \\%SERVER01%\netlogon\ifmember.exe /verbose mktg > if errorlevel 1 goto MKTG > :STOPMKTG > > goto END > > ## > ## TECH group > ## > :TECH > if exist k:\nul net use /delete k: /yes > if not exist k:\nul net use k: \\%SERVER01%\tech /persistent:no > goto STOPTECH > > ## > ## MKTG group > ## > :MKTG > if exist l:\nul net use /delete l: /yes > if not exist l:\nul net use l: \\%SERVER01%\tech /persistent:no > goto STOPMKTG > > :END > rem This is the End of your script > > <...snip...> > > Cheers, > > Christian I would suggest use ntlogon python script. Together with "root preexec" and "root postexec" configuration options you can set up your logon scripts to generated upon connecting to netlogon share. I found this utility very useful and works very well. It supports samba variables. Mandriva ships this utility, so must other distributions. There is problems with groups with spaces and capital letters, but it is very easy to fix. Liutauras -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee, or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the sender's worldwide legal rights. We require that unintended recipients delete the e-mail and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by calling our Help Desk at (603) 433-1143, or e-mail to i...@primebuchholz.com. We appreciate your cooperation. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba