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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/logon/logonhome.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/logon/logonhome.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb5f5d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/logon/logonhome.xml @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<samba:parameter name="logon home" + context="G" + type="string" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para> + This parameter specifies the home directory location when a Win95/98 or NT Workstation logs into a Samba PDC. + It allows you to do + </para> + + <para> + <prompt moreinfo="none">C:\></prompt><userinput moreinfo="none">NET USE H: /HOME</userinput> + </para> + + <para> + from a command prompt, for example. + </para> + + <para> + This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine. + </para> + + <para> + This parameter can be used with Win9X workstations to ensure that roaming profiles are stored in a + subdirectory of the user's home directory. This is done in the following way: + </para> + + <para> + <command moreinfo="none">logon home = \\%N\%U\profile</command> + </para> + + <para> + This tells Samba to return the above string, with substitutions made when a client requests the info, generally + in a NetUserGetInfo request. Win9X clients truncate the info to \\server\share when a user does + <command moreinfo="none">net use /home</command> but use the whole string when dealing with profiles. + </para> + + <para> + Note that in prior versions of Samba, the <smbconfoption name="logon path"/> was returned rather than + <parameter moreinfo="none">logon home</parameter>. This broke <command moreinfo="none">net use /home</command> + but allowed profiles outside the home directory. The current implementation is correct, and can be used for + profiles if you use the above trick. + </para> + + <para> + Disable this feature by setting <smbconfoption name="logon home">""</smbconfoption> - using the empty string. + </para> + + <para> + This option is only useful if Samba is set up as a logon server. + </para> +</description> + +<value type="default">\\%N\%U</value> +<value type="example">\\remote_smb_server\%U</value> +</samba:parameter> |