[Samba] direct descent into home directory

2006-07-12 Thread Jerry Mersel
I am trying, after login that samba will go directly to thei users home directory. But it doesn't happen. Please help. Here is my setup: logon home = \\%N\%U [homes] comment = %U's Home Directory valid users = %S read only = Yes browseable = no ## path = %H create mask = 0600

Re: [Samba] direct descent into home directory

2006-07-12 Thread Sean P. Elble
Samba alone will not automatically map a user's home directory to any specific drive. The best way (that I know of) to implement this is to create a login script, where you run a command like this: net use h: /home That should map the H drive on the user's machine to their home directory on

Re: [Samba] direct descent into home directory

2006-07-12 Thread Jerry Mersel
Thanks for answering. What I meant was , after a user logs in there is another folder to click to enter the users home directory. I want to go directly into the home directory. Regards, Jerry Samba alone will not automatically map a

Re: [Samba] direct descent into home directory

2006-07-12 Thread Sean P. Elble
I just want to make sure I understand you correctly before making any other recommendations. It sounds as though your users are able to login, and have a drive mapped to some directory on your server that CONTAINS all your users' home directories. Is that correct? If it is, how do you have

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2006-07-12 Thread Jerry Mersel
Hi: The home directory isn't being maped to a letter (as in netuse h: /home). After the user chooses the machine the user must login, he then sees in the window a folder with the same name as his userid. The user must then choose this folder to enter his home directory. I want him to go