SAMBA for /home/<user> linux logins?

I have two linux boxes. One is a NAS box that I have my home accounts
stored on: nas:/opt/home/<user>

Currently, my main linux box has nas:/opt/home mounted as /home via NFS
and users login using the normal /etc/passwd logins. They reference their
home accounts as /home/<user> and the uid/gid security bits let them
access their files on the remote system.

How can I change the nas:/opt/home NFS mount to be something like
\\nas\homes or \\nas\opt\home/<user> and use samba / cifs instead of
NFS?

Thanks - jack




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> How can I change the nas:/opt/home NFS mount to be something like
> \\nas\homes or \\nas\opt\home/<user> and use samba / cifs instead of
> NFS?

Does your NAS support Windows File Sharing protocol?

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:54:15 +0800, Man-wai Chang wrote:

>> How can I change the nas:/opt/home NFS mount to be something like
>> \\nas\homes or \\nas\opt\home/<user> and use samba / cifs instead of
>> NFS?
>
> Does your NAS support Windows File Sharing protocol?

yes. My NAS is a custom built box running Fedora FC5
with 1.5TB for drive storage. I use autofs to mount and
unmount the 7 drives as needed and I have a script to
spin down the drives when not in use. automount/samba/hdparm -y
keep the box running cool and quiet when it's not being
accessed.

I already use SAMBA / cifs for some of my access... it's
the /home/<user> access that I can't figure out. I can mount
the \\nas\opt\home partition as root on my main linux box,
but then the users can't access their files because of
permission issues. They uid/gid stuff does not seem to
work. I don't know if the individual users need to mount
\\nas\homes ( and if they do... how does that work from
the /etc/passwd file ) or what... hence the post....

jack

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see http://www.jacksnodgrass.com for my contact info.

jack - Grapevine/Richardson