Re: [Samba] Running a login script
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:58 + (GMT) Mike Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS> Hello all, MS> We are trying to find a way to run login scripts for our users but all the How-To files seem rather complicated :-( MS> We have been using Samba for several years and all our users have Windows 2000 PCs, Samba accounts etc. They log into their Windows with a username/password OK. The Samba server is set up with the same username/password combination as their PCs so they don't have to supply username/password again and drive mappings are saved by Windows. A very simple system which has proved easy to maintain. MS> We are trying now to introduce "Generic" PCs which any user can access (hot desking I think it is called). So, we want the Samba server to prompt the user for a username/password combination when they click on the desktop shortcut to the server (we've accomplished that part easily) and then automatically run a login script to map their drives - that's the part we are struggling to find a solution to. MS> All the examples we've found so far refer to "Domain Controllers" - Do we have to set up the server as a Domain controller, do we have to create machines accounts etc ? A domain controller would be my prefered solution. But you can use login scripts without. Run gpedit.msc on computers needing the login script. Local computer policy --> user configuration --> windows settings --> scripts --> logon --> add define the location of your script. Regards! -- Jean-Jacques Moulis Tel: (013) 281684 ISYFax: (013) 139282 Linköping UniversityE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 581 83 Linköping -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Running a login script
Hi JJ, thanks for the response. Does this mean we create and store a script on the Windows PC ? We actually want to automatically run a script which resides on the Samba server - once the user has logged in we want to automatically to map drives etc. Regards Mike - Original Message - From: "Jean-Jacques Moulis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 07:06:32 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:58 + (GMT) Mike Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS> Hello all, MS> We are trying to find a way to run login scripts for our users but all the How-To files seem rather complicated :-( MS> We have been using Samba for several years and all our users have Windows 2000 PCs, Samba accounts etc. They log into their Windows with a username/password OK. The Samba server is set up with the same username/password combination as their PCs so they don't have to supply username/password again and drive mappings are saved by Windows. A very simple system which has proved easy to maintain. MS> We are trying now to introduce "Generic" PCs which any user can access (hot desking I think it is called). So, we want the Samba server to prompt the user for a username/password combination when they click on the desktop shortcut to the server (we've accomplished that part easily) and then automatically run a login script to map their drives - that's the part we are struggling to find a solution to. MS> All the examples we've found so far refer to "Domain Controllers" - Do we have to set up the server as a Domain controller, do we have to create machines accounts etc ? A domain controller would be my prefered solution. But you can use login scripts without. Run gpedit.msc on computers needing the login script. Local computer policy --> user configuration --> windows settings --> scripts --> logon --> add define the location of your script. Regards! -- Jean-Jacques Moulis Tel: (013) 281684 ISYFax: (013) 139282 Linköping UniversityE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 581 83 Linköping - -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
RE: [Samba] Running a login script
You can run it from anywhere, BUT, you'd have to have the drive mapped first if it's on a network share. You MAY be able to do a //server/share/logonscript.bat (I flipped the slashes on purpose...), but I haven't tried that. I copy a simple script (I have THAT as part of my logon script, too. Copy a new one if it's different. Robocopy) to the local machine, and that one launches the logon script from the server. My local script looks like: @echo off net use q: \\server\login SECRETPASSWORD /user:login /persistent:no > NUL CALL q:\logon.bat > NUL Then my REAL logon script is the q:\logon.bat I used gpedit to point the machine at the local batch file. I have a registry string (For XP) to make the gpedit part easy: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff ] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff \0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\User" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff \0\0] "Script"="logoff.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon\ 0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\User" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon\ 0\0] "Script"="logonscript.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 Save that as a .reg file, and you can double click it to merge the file. (Notice there is a logoff script in there too..) I put THAT in my (server) logon script too, and ran the logon script the first time remotely, with psexec: "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\PsTools\psexec.exe" @machines.txt -u administrator -p SECRETPASSWORD -c logon.bat >> c:\psexec\results.txt The machines.txt file is the list of machines I want it to run on. You must know the (or another account with admin privileges) administrator account password.... Hope that helps... I tested this manually on a few machines first, before I ran it on the rest.. Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Stewart Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:02 AM To: Jean-Jacques Moulis Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script Hi JJ, thanks for the response. Does this mean we create and store a script on the Windows PC ? We actually want to automatically run a script which resides on the Samba server - once the user has logged in we want to automatically to map drives etc. Regards Mike - Original Message - From: "Jean-Jacques Moulis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 07:06:32 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:58 + (GMT) Mike Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS> Hello all, MS> We are trying to find a way to run login scripts for our users but MS> all the How-To files seem rather complicated :-( MS> We have been using Samba for several years and all our users have Windows 2000 PCs, Samba accounts etc. They log into their Windows with a username/password OK. The Samba server is set up with the same username/password combination as their PCs so they don't have to supply username/password again and drive mappings are saved by Windows. A very simple system which has proved easy to maintain. MS> We are trying now to introduce "Generic" PCs which any user can access (hot desking I think it is called). So, we want the Samba server to prompt the user for a username/password combination when they click on the desktop shortcut to the server (we've accomplished that part easily) and then automatically run a login script to map their drives - that's the part we are struggling to find a solution to. MS> All the examples we've found so far refer to "Domain Controllers" - Do we have to set up the server as a Domain controller, do we have to create machines accounts etc ? A domain controller would be my prefered solution. But you can use log
Re: [Samba] Running a login script
Thanks Dennis, I should think that will all work OK but it's not what I expected at all :-( I had assumed that the smb.conf entry for "logon script = %U.bat" was all that would be needed and would pick up the user's name and password as they logged into the server (through a desktop shortcut) and run that script which would map the required drives etc. Basically what we want is to set up all our Win2000 PCs to log into windows as a generic staff member then when they click on the desktop shortcut they are prompted for their server username & password and... hey presto all their network drives appear in My Computer. ATB Mike - Original Message - From: "Dennis McLeod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 15:12:58 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: RE: [Samba] Running a login script You can run it from anywhere, BUT, you'd have to have the drive mapped first if it's on a network share. You MAY be able to do a //server/share/logonscript.bat (I flipped the slashes on purpose...), but I haven't tried that. I copy a simple script (I have THAT as part of my logon script, too. Copy a new one if it's different. Robocopy) to the local machine, and that one launches the logon script from the server. My local script looks like: @echo off net use q: \\server\login SECRETPASSWORD /user:login /persistent:no > NUL CALL q:\logon.bat > NUL Then my REAL logon script is the q:\logon.bat I used gpedit to point the machine at the local batch file. I have a registry string (For XP) to make the gpedit part easy: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff ] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff \0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\User" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logoff \0\0] "Script"="logoff.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon\ 0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\User" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Logon\ 0\0] "Script"="logonscript.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 Save that as a .reg file, and you can double click it to merge the file. (Notice there is a logoff script in there too..) I put THAT in my (server) logon script too, and ran the logon script the first time remotely, with psexec: "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\PsTools\psexec.exe" @machines.txt -u administrator -p SECRETPASSWORD -c logon.bat >> c:\psexec\results.txt The machines.txt file is the list of machines I want it to run on. You must know the (or another account with admin privileges) administrator account password Hope that helps... I tested this manually on a few machines first, before I ran it on the rest.. Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Stewart Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:02 AM To: Jean-Jacques Moulis Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script Hi JJ, thanks for the response. Does this mean we create and store a script on the Windows PC ? We actually want to automatically run a script which resides on the Samba server - once the user has logged in we want to automatically to map drives etc. Regards Mike - Original Message - From: "Jean-Jacques Moulis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 07:06:32 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:58 + (GMT) Mike Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS> Hello all, MS> We are trying to find a way to run login scripts for our users but MS> all the How-To files seem rather complicated :-( MS> We have been using Samba for several years and all our users have Windows 2000 PCs, Samba accounts etc. They log into their Windows with a username/password OK. The Samba server is set up with the same username
Re: [Samba] Running a login script
On 3/19/2008, Mike Stewart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I had assumed that the smb.conf entry for "logon script = %U.bat" was all that would be needed and would pick up the user's name and password as they logged into the server (through a desktop shortcut) and run that script which would map the required drives etc. Basically what we want is to set up all our Win2000 PCs to log into windows as a generic staff member then when they click on the desktop shortcut they are prompted for their server username & password and... hey presto all their network drives appear in My Computer. I'm trying real hard to understand why you wouldn't just set the server up as a proper domain controller... it makes stuff like this brain-dead easy... -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Running a login script
Thanks Charles, I think you're right, what I'm trying to accomplish is probably better/easier with a Domain Controller. However, I'm surely brain-dead as I've tried to set the box up as a Domain Controller and although my Windows machine will login in to the domain it still won't run the script so I think I must be missing something. Domain Controllers are a completely new thing to me so it's no surprise I'm struggling :-( If anyone has a simple example smb.conf file that does all this and any other hints I'd much appreciate it. Regards Mike... struggling, exhausted, frustrated - Original Message - From: "Charles Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 20:26:47 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script On 3/19/2008, Mike Stewart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I had assumed that the smb.conf entry for "logon script = %U.bat" was > all that would be needed and would pick up the user's name and > password as they logged into the server (through a desktop shortcut) > and run that script which would map the required drives etc. > > Basically what we want is to set up all our Win2000 PCs to log into > windows as a generic staff member then when they click on the desktop > shortcut they are prompted for their server username & password > and... hey presto all their network drives appear in My Computer. I'm trying real hard to understand why you wouldn't just set the server up as a proper domain controller... it makes stuff like this brain-dead easy... -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba - -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Running a login script
I found the following link very good when setting up my domain http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/small.htm Mike Stewart wrote: Thanks Charles, I think you're right, what I'm trying to accomplish is probably better/easier with a Domain Controller. However, I'm surely brain-dead as I've tried to set the box up as a Domain Controller and although my Windows machine will login in to the domain it still won't run the script so I think I must be missing something. Domain Controllers are a completely new thing to me so it's no surprise I'm struggling :-( If anyone has a simple example smb.conf file that does all this and any other hints I'd much appreciate it. Regards Mike... struggling, exhausted, frustrated - Original Message - From: "Charles Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: samba@lists.samba.org Sent: 19 March 2008 20:26:47 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [Samba] Running a login script On 3/19/2008, Mike Stewart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I had assumed that the smb.conf entry for "logon script = %U.bat" was all that would be needed and would pick up the user's name and password as they logged into the server (through a desktop shortcut) and run that script which would map the required drives etc. Basically what we want is to set up all our Win2000 PCs to log into windows as a generic staff member then when they click on the desktop shortcut they are prompted for their server username & password and... hey presto all their network drives appear in My Computer. I'm trying real hard to understand why you wouldn't just set the server up as a proper domain controller... it makes stuff like this brain-dead easy... -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
