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Create home directories with expansion variables

You can configure settings with expansion variables to create SMB share home directories.

When users access the cluster over SMB, home directory access is through SMB shares. You can configure settings with a path that uses a variable expansion syntax, allowing a user to connect to their home directory share.

NOTE Home directory share paths must be in the root path of the access zone in which the home directory SMB share is created.

In the following commands, the --allow-variable-expansion option is enabled to indicate that %U should be expanded to the user name, which is user411 in this example. The --auto-create-directory option is enabled to create the directory if it does not exist: 

isi smb shares create HOMEDIR --path=/ifs/home/%U \
  --allow-variable-expansion=yes --auto-create-directory=yes 
isi smb shares permission modify HOMEDIR --wellknown Everyone \
   --permission-type allow --permission full 
isi smb shares view HOMEDIR

The system displays output similar to the following example: 

                                     Share Name: HOMEDIR
                                           Path: /ifs/home/%U
                                    Description: 
                     Client-side Caching Policy: manual
Automatically expand user names or domain names: True
Automatically create home directories for users: True
                                      Browsable: True
Permissions:
Account  Account Type Run as Root Permission Type Permission
------------------------------------------------------------
Everyone wellknown    False       allow           full      
------------------------------------------------------------
Total: 1
...

When user411 connects to the share with the net use command, the user's home directory is created at /ifs/home/user411. On user411's Windows client, the net use m: command connects /ifs/home/user411 through the HOMEDIR share: 

net use m: \\cluster.company.com\HOMEDIR /u:user411
  1. Run the following commands on the cluster with the --allow-variable-expansion option enabled. The %U expansion variable expands to the user name, and the --auto-create-directory option is enabled to create the directory if it does not exist: 
    isi smb shares create HOMEDIR --path=/ifs/home/%U \
  --allow-variable-expansion=yes --auto-create-directory=yes 
isi smb shares permission modify HOMEDIR --wellknown Everyone \
   --permission-type allow --permission full
  2. Run the following command to view the home directory settings: 
    isi smb shares view HOMEDIR
    The system displays output similar to the following example: 
                                         Share Name: HOMEDIR
                                           Path: /ifs/home/%U
                                    Description: 
                     Client-side Caching Policy: manual
Automatically expand user names or domain names: True
Automatically create home directories for users: True
                                      Browsable: True
Permissions:
Account  Account Type Run as Root Permission Type Permission
------------------------------------------------------------
Everyone wellknown    False       allow           full      
------------------------------------------------------------
Total: 1
...

    If user411 connects to the share with the net use command, user411's home directory is created at /ifs/home/user411. On user411's Windows client, the net use m: command connects /ifs/home/user411 through the HOMEDIR share, mapping the connection similar to the following example: 

    net use m: \\cluster.company.com\HOMEDIR /u:user411

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