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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000
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+<samba:parameter name="nis homedir"
+ context="G"
+ type="boolean"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<description>
+ <para>Get the home share server from a NIS map. For
+ UNIX systems that use an automounter, the user's home directory
+ will often be mounted on a workstation on demand from a remote
+ server. </para>
+
+ <para>When the Samba logon server is not the actual home directory
+ server, but is mounting the home directories via NFS then two
+ network hops would be required to access the users home directory
+ if the logon server told the client to use itself as the SMB server
+ for home directories (one over SMB and one over NFS). This can
+ be very slow.</para>
+
+ <para>This option allows Samba to return the home share as
+ being on a different server to the logon server and as
+ long as a Samba daemon is running on the home directory server,
+ it will be mounted on the Samba client directly from the directory
+ server. When Samba is returning the home share to the client, it
+ will consult the NIS map specified in <link linkend="HOMEDIRMAP">
+ <parameter moreinfo="none">homedir map</parameter></link> and return the server
+ listed there.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that for this option to work there must be a working
+ NIS system and the Samba server with this option must also
+ be a logon server.</para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">no</value>
+</samba:parameter>