Re: Help Needed configuring Samba on Webserver

From: Trevor \ (trevor_at_bouyon.dalive.com)
Date: 04/13/05

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    >>
    >> As it stands right now, I use the following procedure to make this work,
    >> which is not a problem for a class of 5 students, but for a large class
    >> it turns into a large amount of work
    >>
    >> Procedure to setup student for samba access
    >>
    >> 1 Create the user directory on the webserver
    >> 2. Create the linux user - system/users and groups
    >> 3. Create a public_html directory under their home directory
    >> 4. chmod home directory 755
    >> 5. chmod public_html directory 755
    >> 6. chown home directory -R to user
    >> 7. chgrp home directory to apache
    >> 8. create samba user -- system-config-samba
    >> 9. input windows password into samba as samba password
    >>
    >>
    >>
    > Well since you have the steps so well setup, why not just make a
    > script that accepts the students name,username and password and then
    > goes through steps 1-9?
    >
    >> everything should then work
    >>
    >> This procedure works. It takes 3 - 5 minutes per itineration, which
    >> gets tedious at best. The problem comes in the fact that next year we
    >> want to implement a similar system for storing all of our user files on
    >> our samba file server, and creating 250 accounts like this is just out
    >> of the question.
    >
    >
    This may be of little assistance, but wouldn't placing or including the
    previously mentioned directories with the set permissions in /etc/skel
    place the same within the newly added users home directories upon creation? 

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