Directory Model Decided

I think I've solved my issues with the directory layout on the new drive and how it relates to Samba. Here's the plan:

On the new drive (/mnt/hdd1) I have setup two folders, the earlier mentioned /home and one called /export. Each is mapped to a folder in /. Under /export, I'll create folders for all of the shared files, including music, pictures, downloads, etc.

Also, to mimic the behavior of the existing share, I'm setting up a folder for each user in the export folder. This will map to the Documents folder in each users home folder.

Starting with the original smb.conf, here are the changes:

smb.conf



in [global]

server string = Samba %v on %L



in [homes]



path = /home/%u/Documents



in [files]



path = /export

create mask = 0777

hide unreadable = yes

To create and mount the /export folder, I use steps similar to those used when moving /home

cd /mnt/hdd1

mkdir export

chmod 0777 export

mkdir export

Add this line to /etc/fstab

    /mnt/hdd1/export /export none rw,bind 0 0

mount /mnt/hdd1/export

Finally, to setup the link to the user shares, I use this sequence of steps for each:

Add this line to /etc/fstab

    /mnt/hdd1/home/username/Documents /export/Username none rw,bind 0 0

mkdir /export/Username

mount /mnt/hdd1/home/username/Documents

(I'll note here that the Documents folder is apparently created by Mandrake when the user logs into the machine for the first time.)

I'd love to year your thoughts...