I'm setting uo a linux fileserver.
I use winbind to let AD users connenct to there home and group directories.
I'm at the point that users can login to the linux server and with pam_mkhomedir a home directorie is made when there is no one.

The problem I have is that the home directory get the ad primairy group of the user as group owner.

My question is can I change this?

I want to create a user home directory with full acces for the user (that works) and full access to the group ICT (full access to the group works with the correct umask in de command pam_mkhomedir umask 0007) However the default group isn't the group ICT but the primairy group of the user.

can anybody help me.

regards peter

Greetingz!

Set the "force group =" option in your smb.conf file.
More info here.

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I think we have a mis communication. The option the option you give me (nice site with a lot of info BTW) is how to reach an exixting share with samba.

What I want is create a directory with an other group as the primairy group as the user has.
The home dir is made with the PAM_module mkhomedir. So I think its a switch for this module(??)

Regards Peter

I solved my problem by changing the procedure.
In practice the users shall not login locally on the linux server so the home directory will not be created at login.

I wrote a script that reads the ad-users, determined the necessity of a home directory for each user (system account don't need a home directory) and create the home directory if necessary. In the script I also set the owner, group an permissions of the home directory.

So the necessity of creating a homedirectory, set the owner, group and permissions by login is no longer present.

With best regards,

Peter