Setting up user home directories

Creating directories in a home directory path

Creating home directories if home directory naming style is domain

To create home directories if the cifs.home_dir_namestyle option specifies domain, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	In one of the specified home directory paths, create directories that will contain home directories used by all users of the same domain. For each directory, use the same name as the domain. Example If there are two domains, engineering and marketing, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering directory and the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing directory.
2	In each domain directory created in Step 1, create home directories to be used by the users in the same domain. Example If two users are both named jsmith and they are in the engineering domain and the marketing domain, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory and the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.
3	Make each user the owner of his or her home directory. Example Make engineering\jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory and marketing\jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory. Result Engineering\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory; marketing\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.

Step

Action

In one of the specified home directory paths, create directories that will contain home directories used by all users of the same domain. For each directory, use the same name as the domain.

Example

If there are two domains, engineering and marketing, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering directory and the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing directory.

In each domain directory created in Step 1, create home directories to be used by the users in the same domain.

Example

If two users are both named jsmith and they are in the engineering domain and the marketing domain, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory and the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.

Make each user the owner of his or her home directory.

Example

Make engineering\jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory and marketing\jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.

Result

Engineering\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory; marketing\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.

Creating home directories if home directory naming style is not domain

To create home directories if the cifs.home_dir_namestyle option specifies ntname, mapped, or "", complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	In one of the specified home directory paths, create home directories. Example If there are two users, jsmith and jdoe, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/jsmith and /vol/vol1/mktghome/jdoe home directories. Result Users can attach to the share that has the same name as their user name and start using the share as their home directory.
2	Make each user the owner of the home directory. Example Make jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol0/enghome/jsmith home directory and jdoe the owner of the /vol/vol1/mktghome/jdoe home directory. Result Engineering\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol0/enghome/engineering/jsmith home directory; marketing\jsmith can attach to the share named jsmith, which corresponds to the /vol/vol1/mktghome/marketing/jsmith home directory.

Step

Action

In one of the specified home directory paths, create home directories.

Example

If there are two users, jsmith and jdoe, create the /vol/vol0/enghome/jsmith and /vol/vol1/mktghome/jdoe home directories.

Result

Users can attach to the share that has the same name as their user name and start using the share as their home directory.

Make each user the owner of the home directory.

Example

Make jsmith the owner of the /vol/vol0/enghome/jsmith home directory and jdoe the owner of the /vol/vol1/mktghome/jdoe home directory.

Result

Creating subdirectories in home directories when a home directory path extension is used

To create subdirectories that users can access in their home directories if you use a home directory path extension, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	For each home directory that resides in a home directory path with an extension, create a subdirectory that you want users to access. Example If the `cifs.home_dir` option specifies the /vol/vol0/enghome/%u%/data path, create a subdirectory named data in each home directory. Result Users can attach to the share that has the same name as their user name. When they read or write to the share, they effectively access the data subdirectory.

Step

Action

For each home directory that resides in a home directory path with an extension, create a subdirectory that you want users to access.

Example

If the cifs.home_dir option specifies the /vol/vol0/enghome/%u%/data path, create a subdirectory named data in each home directory.

Result

Users can attach to the share that has the same name as their user name. When they read or write to the share, they effectively access the data subdirectory.