Samba share per user

[kalosh]

Hello.
Is it possible to configure samba to automatically create shares for each (system) user (//server/userShare)? Do I have to create custom script which creates share for user and (somehow) inject it into system to listen user creation events (after useradd or adduser)?
Best regards, Dawid.

[Morbius1]

There already is such a thing in smb.conf - it's just commented out.

Uncommented it looks something like this:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
browseable = No

It doesn't work like a normal samba share though. It's not a browseable share ( you will notice there is no path in the share definition). The Linux client would access the share by name:

smb://server/user-name

When he does it will create a samba share "on-the-fly" of his corresponding home directory on the server.

You can also set this up so that you don't have to have a home directory by setting up a separate directory say .. /home/Samba-Servername. Then have the [homes] share specify that parent directory:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home/Samba-Servername/%S
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
browseable = No

You would then have to create sub-directories named for every remote user ... /home/Samba-Servername/morbius, etc ...
EDIT: you would also have to change ownership of the named subdirectory.

[kalosh]

Hey.
Thanks for the replay. It is working like a charm
Best regards, Dawid.