[Lias] [Fwd: Winbind logins - progress report]

[Simon Bryan]

Hi all,
An update on how we are going with being able to login to a Linux
workstation with a Windows username and password. The short answer is it
works. :-)

The issue I am now having is getting a home directory setup for the user,
(it occurs to me while writing this that the 'shell' for the users is set
to 'bash/false' which may be causing me problems.

My initial thought was to map the home directory from the main server to
the home directory on the workstation, thus meaning that there would be
the users correct home directory no matter where they logged in. I am
meeting 'stern resistance'.

I have not been successful with smbmount yet, but it looks mildly
promising. I can map an individuals home directory using the 'homes' share
from the server, however this has to be done after the user logs in and
the GUI is refusing to login without a home directory.

I tried NFS which mounted the directories OK, but totally messed with the
ownerships (guess it is using the UID rather than the Username).

I am considering at the moment whether it is possible to have a 'dummy'
home directory created at login and then run a script to map the users
home drive to /home/username.

Any thoughts appreciated.

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Simon Bryan
IT Manager
OLMC Parramatta