Author Topic: mount /home/$(DOMAIN_USER) on ubuntu client (copy home folder to client)  (Read 2256 times)

jandoe

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Hello

I'm able to "mount" the user folder form the zentyal 4.0 server from on a ubuntu client.
But this creates an exact copy on the client. When the $(DOMAIN_USER) logs out, the copied home folder of the $(DOMAIN_USER) remain on the client.
I can login as a local user, get root access using sudo and delete the localy new created home folder of $(DOMAIN_USER). $(DOMAIN_USER) can login again and its home folder get's copied again (needs some time).

On the Ubuntu 16.04 client, I additionally install cifs-utils and libpam-mount in order to mount $(DOMAIN_USER) home folders and the only config file I adapt is pam_mount.conf.xml. I add at line 17

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<volume user="*" fstype="cifs" server="192.168.156.120" path="%(DOMAIN_USER)" mountpoint="/home/SCHOOL/%(DOMAIN_USER)" options="sec=ntlm,nodev,nosuid" />

All other entries in pam_mount.conf.xml stay untouched.

Is it normal, that this way the home folders from the zentyal 4.0 server get's copied to the ubuntu client?

Kind regards, Roland

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It shouldn't get copied, but simply is mounted into the local file system. the issue you may have is that you do not unmount after logoff.


So check this out:


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<pam_mount>

<debug enable="0" />

<volume
fstype="cifs"
server="{server}"
path="%(USER)"
mountpoint="/home/local/{domain}/%(USER)"
user="*"
options="sec=krb5,cruid=%(USERUID),domain={full domain},uid=%(USERUID),gid=%(USERGID),rw"
/>

<umount>umount -l %(MNTPT)</umount>

<mntoptions allow="nosuid,nodev,loop,encryption,fsck,nonempty,allow_root,allow_other" />

<mntoptions require="nosuid,nodev" />

<logout wait="0" hup="0" term="0" kill="0" />

<mkmountpoint enable="1" remove="true" />


</pam_mount>

(replace {server}, {domain} and {full domain} with your individual real entries)

Works for me, however, from time to time, the very first login may fail to mount the home directory. Leaves you with a fresh desktop. Logo and login will then mount correctly. Not sure where this comes from, though.

Maybe also another tip:
If you want to keep the audio working, you also need to set a local variable for each client.
It must be done for each user, so it makes sense to put this as a template to the zentyal/samba server into /etc/skel/.profile
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# move pulse directory out of home
PULSE_DIR="/tmp/$( whoami )-pulse
mkdir -p $PULSE_DIR && chmod 700 $PULSE_DIR
export PULSE_CONFIG_PATH=$PULSE_DIR
export PULSE_STATE_PATH=$PULSE_DIR
export PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH=$PULSE_DIR

Found this tip somewhere, but sadly do not remember the exact source, so credits go to the unknown hero  8)

When a new user is created, the files in skel are copied to the new profile and when it's mounted by the client, you have full functional pulse audio.

« Last Edit: September 10, 2017, 08:23:24 pm by segelfreak »
Zentyal 6.1

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Re: mount /home/$(DOMAIN_USER) on ubuntu client (copy home folder to client)
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2016, 10:42:00 am »
hello segelfreak

I have to say thank you. I tried your pam_mount.conf.xml entries <volume .... /> and <umount> ... </umount> and they work. I can login as DOMAIN_USER and the home folder gets mounted; create directories or files during the login and they get stored on the server. After logout there isn't a DOMAIN_USER home folder anymore.

What I haven't tested yet, is if a DOMAIN_USER can listen or play audio or video files. Also using a printer as DOMAIN_USER isn't configured yet.

thanks a lot and kind regards

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Re: mount /home/$(DOMAIN_USER) on ubuntu client (copy home folder to client)
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2017, 02:50:20 pm »
Hi, I have a similar problem.
I can authenticate my clients(ubuntu 16.04 and ubuntu 14.04), so I would mount home directory, but the variables USERUID, USERGID, DOMAIN_USER are null.
USER is correct.

Can I read DOMAIN_USER? Must I write {domain}? Thanks.

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Re: mount /home/$(DOMAIN_USER) on ubuntu client (copy home folder to client)
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2017, 04:58:46 pm »
you have to replace {server} and {domain} with your individual real entries

p.s. same of course for {full domain}. they are just place holders
« Last Edit: February 15, 2017, 05:00:33 pm by segelfreak »
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Re: mount /home/$(DOMAIN_USER) on ubuntu client (copy home folder to client)
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2017, 06:12:06 pm »
Thanks,
I have re-installated   libnss-ldap libpam-mount  winbind smbclient cifs-utils ldap-utils and it's worked.

In the documentation of pam_mount.conf I read:"..Note that you do not need to specify uid=%(USERUID) for smbfs or cifs mounts because this is already done automatically by pam_mount.", so if I use :
<volume user="*" fstype="cifs" server="server" path="%(DOMAIN_USER)"
mountpoint="/home/local/%(DOMAIN_NAME)/%(DOMAIN_USER)"
options="iocharset=utf8" />

it's worked.

But if I try to mount another directory (for example in the Desktop), sometimes lightdm passes lightdm as username and not the given username of logon.
Can I resolve it? Thanks.