Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-05 Thread steve
On 05/07/12 10:48, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 17:11 +0200, steve wrote: The result of this is that we have been removing the automounter from the equation. Hi Jonathan The possibility of being able to get the automount schema into Samba 4 is remote at the present moment.

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-05 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 17:11 +0200, steve wrote: [SNIP] > > > > As to suggestions to use autofs on 2500 users, my advice is don't. Works > > well at ~50 users but gets flacky at couple hundred users with random > > things not working 100% of the time that will take you for ever to track > > down t

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-04 Thread steve
On 04/07/12 20:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, steve wrote: On 04/07/12 18:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:11 AM, steve wrote: On 03/07/12 10:18, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:20 +0200, steve wrote: NFS and autof

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, steve wrote: > On 04/07/12 18:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:11 AM, steve wrote: >>> >>> On 03/07/12 10:18, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:20 +0200, steve wrote: >>> >> NFS and autofs buys you some

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-04 Thread steve
On 04/07/12 18:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:11 AM, steve wrote: On 03/07/12 10:18, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:20 +0200, steve wrote: NFS and autofs buys you some very, very useful things. One is that it can support multiple upstream NFS serv

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-04 Thread steve
On 03/07/12 10:18, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:20 +0200, steve wrote: [SNIP] I think I must be missing something here because as far as I can see, winbindd puts all users into the directory specified in template homedir. [homes] then picks out the user from there. Yes

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-04 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:20 +0200, steve wrote: [SNIP] > > I think I must be missing something here because as far as I can see, > winbindd puts all users into the directory specified in template > homedir. [homes] then picks out the user from there. > Yes you are stop using template homedi

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread steve
On 02/07/12 23:28, Steve Thompson wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, steve wrote: What I want is for that same home directory to be mapped to a windows drive letter. My method of having one share per class works, but would create over 30 shares. I'm not sure that having this many shares is advisable. I

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread steve
On 03/07/12 10:41, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 03/07/12 09:29, steve wrote: On 03/07/12 09:40, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 23:44, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread Lukasz Zalewski
On 03/07/12 08:40, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 23:44, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Hi Steve, Maybe

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread Lukasz Zalewski
On 03/07/12 09:29, steve wrote: On 03/07/12 09:40, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 23:44, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread steve
On 03/07/12 09:40, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 23:44, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Hi Steve, Maybe

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-03 Thread steve
On 02/07/12 23:44, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Hi Steve, Maybe I have misunderstood what you ar

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread John Heim
From: "steve" To: Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users On 02/07/12 21:17, Matthieu Patou wrote: On 07/02/2012 08:39 AM, steve wrote: Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college ha

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread Lukasz Zalewski
On 02/07/2012 21:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Hi Steve, Have you considered using autofs to do all of the mapping work for you, so that yo

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread Steve Thompson
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, steve wrote: What I want is for that same home directory to be mapped to a windows drive letter. My method of having one share per class works, but would create over 30 shares. I'm not sure that having this many shares is advisable. I can find few examples of smb.conf's wit

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread steve
On 02/07/12 18:50, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Hi Steve, Have you considered using autofs to do all of the mapping work for you, so that you have only one /homes/ (or whateve

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread steve
On 02/07/12 21:17, Matthieu Patou wrote: On 07/02/2012 08:39 AM, steve wrote: Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to which year they belong to and which class within that year, a

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread Matthieu Patou
On 07/02/2012 08:39 AM, steve wrote: Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to which year they belong to and which class within that year, a or b or whatever, they belong to e.g.:

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread Lukasz Zalewski
On 02/07/12 17:20, steve wrote: On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to which year the

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread steve
On 02/07/12 17:49, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to which year they belong to and which class withi

Re: [Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 17:39 +0200, steve wrote: > Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home > folder data. > > Hi > A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to > which year they belong to and which class within that year, a or b or > whatev

[Samba] smb.conf for around 2500 users

2012-07-02 Thread steve
Samba4 with Linux and Windows clients wanting to get the same home folder data. Hi A college has students arranged with Linux home directories according to which year they belong to and which class within that year, a or b or whatever, they belong to e.g.: /home2/students/year7/year7a/student