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From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri AT yahoo DOT it>
Subject: Re: Shared home dir, samba, and workgroups
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--- Mar 9/3/10, Wes Barris ha scritto:

> Wes Barris wrote:
> > I use Cygwin 1.7 on my XP desktop system at
> work.=A0 I like having the
> > same home directory on this Windows XP system as I do
> on our Unix
> > server.=A0 The Windows XP system is a member of a
> domain.=A0 The Unix
> > server is not.=A0 The Unix server is running Samba
> and is configured
> > with a workgroup name.=A0 My home directory on the
> Unix server is
> > mounted as a mapped network drive on the Windows XP
> system.
> >=20
> > Everything in the above setup is working
> > properly from the Unix server side and from the
> Windows side when
> > working with Windows Explorer.=A0 I can create and
> delete files via
> > Windows Explorer and they show up on the Unix side
> with proper
> > ownership and permissions (as controlled by
> Samba).=A0 Conversely,
> > I can create and delete files under Unix and access
> these files
> > from Windows Explorer.
> >=20
> > The problem is when I look at my mapped network home
> directory
> > with Cygwin, my home directory files are owned by
> nobody ('????????')
> > and have a group of nobody.=A0 I am guessing that
> this is because my
> > Windows SID in /etc/passwd is the SID of my domain
> user and since
> > the Samba server is not part of this domain the files
> look like they
> > are from an unknown user.
> >=20
> > In our Samba server there is a file (usermap) that
> maps unix usernames
> > to windows usernames.=A0 This appears to be working
> when working with
> > Windows Explorer.=A0 Why doesn't this work with
> Cygwin?=A0 What is the
> > way to fix this?=A0 Do I somehow need to map my
> unix username to a
> > windows SID?=A0 Do I need to turn off ntsec?=A0

you need to map the WINDOWS SID to the UNIX username

so you need to add on /etc/passwd and etc/group
the right references.

see:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html

> Do I need to change
> > the mount options for /cygdrive?
>=20
> Should I assume from the lack of any response that there is
> no fix
> for this?
>=20
> -- Wes Barris

I should say no
Marco






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