Thanks everyone for helping me get the home directories working over SMB, especially Ben Ford for his workaround for the Xauth and GDM.
Now I've got a problem that, most likely, nobody's ever noticed before... or is something specific to me. I've got a Linux client, and a Samba server, and a Windows 2000 server, both set up EXACTLY the same. I've got a test user and the home directory that is mounting automatically with pam_mount. I set up everything so I only have to change 1 character in the pam_mount.conf file to switch the mounting from one server to the other, just to ensure that there's no typo or anything. Both servers have EXACTLY the same files in the test user's home directory, just to ensure there's no configuration difference, or different file types or anything. Here's the problem: When I log in, and pam_mount mounts the home directory from the Samba server, everything works perfectly. When I log in, and pam_mount mounts the home directory from the Windows 2000 server, things get a little weird. For instance, if I log in, and move a couple icons to different places on the desktop, then log out, when I log back in, they'll be back to their original locations. Also, for reasons entirely mysterious to me, when it mounts the home directory from the Windows 2000 server, occasionally the buttons on the Gnome panel will be gone. If I destroy the profile and copy everything from the Samba server back to the Windows server, they re-appear... but they may disappear again without warning. Both servers are being mounted with SMB, using the same username, same password, authenticated through the same server, have the same programs installed, coming from the same IP, with no firewall or anything in between. I have configured both servers to be as similar in operation to each other as possible. Anybody have any ideas? Shannon ____________________________ Shannon Johnson Network Support Specialist / Systems Administrator Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering 224 Reber Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-8267 ____________________________ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba