Re: [opensuse] Windowsserver supplying a home-dir on SuSE10.2 (SOLVED)
On Aug 23 2007 19:59, G T Smith wrote: In fact... >> >> - succes. >> >> - this is how-to let a wintendo mashine deliver home-dirs to a linux box. >> >> [...] >> On the linux box, as root, create a dir like this: mkdir /home If /home is a separate mount, the directory will already exist. >> Now, as root, reread /etc/fstab, do it with mount -a There is no such thing as rereading fstab. Hence mount -a is superfluous. Just mount /home; >> Go into YaST. Create a new user, name him whatever, and see that his >> home-dir >> indeed now resides on the win-box. >> >> - thanks to the list again for directing me ! >> >A number of thoughts > >a) user is root, password secret (locally hmm..). The first problem is >NT/AD ids have a discrete ID scheme from that used in Linux, if root is >translating into admin account you have an ordinary user logged as an >admin to the windows server (and AD/NT)... somehow I do not think that >is your intent :-) This can persist into other areas (like other users >home directories)... > >b) The ideal would be for someone to log in the their home directory >with the appropriate user credentials, however these credentials should >only become available after the user has authenticated to the linux >machine. /etc/fstab gives global mounts, for user specific mounts you >probably need something different. ..like pam_mount for example. > >I would suggest you have a look at.. > >http://pserver.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/linux-cifs-client-guide.pdf > Jan -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Windowsserver supplying a home-dir on SuSE10.2 (SOLVED)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: > > - succes. > > - this is how-to let a wintendo mashine deliver home-dirs to a linux box. > > - on win: create the share, name it (say) wintendo. Create a user named root, > give him a password, set it to never expire and it should not be changed > uppon first login. Give this user root all rights to the wintendo share. > > - fire up Konqueror, type in an URL like this: > SMB://IP-of-win-machine/wintendo > > -and check that root has access and all. > Close konqueror. > > > Now, on the Linux box, edit /etc/fstab. Comment out the mount for /home (you > DID put that on a partition for itself, right?). > > > Add a line to fstab: > > (the next two lines is in fact ONE line in fstab... > //IP-of-windows-machine/wintendo /home cifs > rw,user=root,password=very-secret 0 0 > > On the linux box, as root, create a dir like this: mkdir /home > > Now, as root, reread /etc/fstab, do it with mount -a > > Go into YaST. Create a new user, name him whatever, and see that his home-dir > indeed now resides on the win-box. > > - thanks to the list again for directing me ! > > Best regards, > Verner > > hmmm... A number of thoughts a) user is root, password secret (locally hmm..). The first problem is NT/AD ids have a discrete ID scheme from that used in Linux, if root is translating into admin account you have an ordinary user logged as an admin to the windows server (and AD/NT)... somehow I do not think that is your intent :-) This can persist into other areas (like other users home directories)... b) The ideal would be for someone to log in the their home directory with the appropriate user credentials, however these credentials should only become available after the user has authenticated to the linux machine. /etc/fstab gives global mounts, for user specific mounts you probably need something different. I would suggest you have a look at.. http://pserver.samba.org/samba/ftp/cifs-cvs/linux-cifs-client-guide.pdf I know those who have been mounting home dirs with NFS/NISS have developed a number of ways of handling this over time, as cifs is now giving a pure mount some of this knowledge an experience may be useful.. - -- == I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGzdkMasN0sSnLmgIRAu+YAKDLvl6gjWbLN39GqId3f9toOnjOJQCfXJBC oLQo4eDZBORME5RapV+m+Vg= =O2YB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Windowsserver supplying a home-dir on SuSE10.2 (SOLVED)
Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: > - succes. > > - this is how-to let a wintendo mashine deliver home-dirs to a linux box. > > - on win: create the share, name it (say) wintendo. Create a user named root, > give him a password, set it to never expire and it should not be changed > uppon first login. Give this user root all rights to the wintendo share. > > - fire up Konqueror, type in an URL like this: > SMB://IP-of-win-machine/wintendo > > -and check that root has access and all. > Close konqueror. > > > Now, on the Linux box, edit /etc/fstab. Comment out the mount for /home (you > DID put that on a partition for itself, right?). > > > Add a line to fstab: > > (the next two lines is in fact ONE line in fstab... > //IP-of-windows-machine/wintendo /home cifs > rw,user=root,password=very-secret 0 0 > > On the linux box, as root, create a dir like this: mkdir /home > > Now, as root, reread /etc/fstab, do it with mount -a > > Go into YaST. Create a new user, name him whatever, and see that his home-dir > indeed now resides on the win-box. > > - thanks to the list again for directing me ! > Thanks for the report, I'd be curious to hear what sort of difficulties you encounter down the road with this on things like ownerships and permissions, and lack of unix filesystem features. I notice that you have a single /home partition in /etc/fstab, owned by root. Were you able to log in as that user and perform some typical activities which would create, modify, delete, rename files, etc? Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Windowsserver supplying a home-dir on SuSE10.2 (SOLVED)
- succes. - this is how-to let a wintendo mashine deliver home-dirs to a linux box. - on win: create the share, name it (say) wintendo. Create a user named root, give him a password, set it to never expire and it should not be changed uppon first login. Give this user root all rights to the wintendo share. - fire up Konqueror, type in an URL like this: SMB://IP-of-win-machine/wintendo -and check that root has access and all. Close konqueror. Now, on the Linux box, edit /etc/fstab. Comment out the mount for /home (you DID put that on a partition for itself, right?). Add a line to fstab: (the next two lines is in fact ONE line in fstab... //IP-of-windows-machine/wintendo /home cifs rw,user=root,password=very-secret 0 0 On the linux box, as root, create a dir like this: mkdir /home Now, as root, reread /etc/fstab, do it with mount -a Go into YaST. Create a new user, name him whatever, and see that his home-dir indeed now resides on the win-box. - thanks to the list again for directing me ! Best regards, Verner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
