1 <samba:parameter name="NIS homedir"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>Get the home share server from a NIS map. For
7 UNIX systems that use an automounter, the user's home directory
8 will often be mounted on a workstation on demand from a remote
11 <para>When the Samba logon server is not the actual home directory
12 server, but is mounting the home directories via NFS then two
13 network hops would be required to access the users home directory
14 if the logon server told the client to use itself as the SMB server
15 for home directories (one over SMB and one over NFS). This can
18 <para>This option allows Samba to return the home share as
19 being on a different server to the logon server and as
20 long as a Samba daemon is running on the home directory server,
21 it will be mounted on the Samba client directly from the directory
22 server. When Samba is returning the home share to the client, it
23 will consult the NIS map specified in
24 <smbconfoption name="homedir map"/> and return the server
27 <para>Note that for this option to work there must be a working
28 NIS system and the Samba server with this option must also
29 be a logon server.</para>
31 <value type="default">no</value>