Shared home dir, samba, and workgroups

[Wes Barris]

Wes Barris wrote:
> I use Cygwin 1.7 on my XP desktop system at work.  I like having the
> same home directory on this Windows XP system as I do on our Unix
> server.  The Windows XP system is a member of a domain.  The Unix
> server is not.  The Unix server is running Samba and is configured
> with a workgroup name.  My home directory on the Unix server is
> mounted as a mapped network drive on the Windows XP system.
> 
> Everything in the above setup is working
> properly from the Unix server side and from the Windows side when
> working with Windows Explorer.  I can create and delete files via
> Windows Explorer and they show up on the Unix side with proper
> ownership and permissions (as controlled by Samba).  Conversely,
> I can create and delete files under Unix and access these files
> from Windows Explorer.
> 
> The problem is when I look at my mapped network home directory
> with Cygwin, my home directory files are owned by nobody ('????????')
> and have a group of nobody.  I am guessing that this is because my
> Windows SID in /etc/passwd is the SID of my domain user and since
> the Samba server is not part of this domain the files look like they
> are from an unknown user.
> 
> In our Samba server there is a file (usermap) that maps unix usernames
> to windows usernames.  This appears to be working when working with
> Windows Explorer.  Why doesn't this work with Cygwin?  What is the
> way to fix this?  Do I somehow need to map my unix username to a
> windows SID?  Do I need to turn off ntsec?  Do I need to change
> the mount options for /cygdrive?

Should I assume from the lack of any response that there is no fix
for this?

-- 
Wes Barris

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