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How to recreate user home share?
Somehow I deleted all the users home directories and I cannot recreate them via command line.
I have already shares with the users names for example \\ReadyNAS214\Bob which is located at /data/Bob but /home/bob does not exist. As root/admin am not allowed to create a new one. This is only an issue if the user wants to ftp or ssh into the NAS.
I've tried many options but cannot seem to find a way to fix it. I even attempt to change the home directory in /etc/passwd which works for a while. For example, I changed Bob's home from /home/bob to /data/Bob which worked but is eventually reset to /home/bob but /home/bob does not exist. Is there a tool to recreate the end user's home directory?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Korack wrote:
Somehow I deleted all the users home directories and I cannot recreate them via command line.
I have already shares with the users names for example \\ReadyNAS214\Bob which is located at /data/Bob but /home/bob does not exist.
No idea how you deleted them.
But as far as recreating them goes: You can't have two shares with the same name (and the home folder is a share, just locked down). SMB is case-insensitive, so Bob and bob are treated as the same name.
First, delete the Bob share.
Then try accessing the NAS with Bob's user credentials via SMB - e.g., using File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (MacOS). Alternatively, log in with ssh (as root) and enter rnutil mkhomedir_helper Bob . Match the case of the actual user account (e.g., enter bob if the username is lowercase).
Thanks for the reply. I deleted the share Bob. Tried logging in via SMB & ssh as "bob", It still does not create /home/bob.
Your command was helpful but did not actually fix it.
I get the following error:
# rnutil mkhomedir_helper bob
INFO: Checking homedir for user bob
ERROR: /home is on the root fs.FYI - I deleted the home directories with a bad rsync command. Funny I could delete the directories but not create them.
Korack wrote:
I get the following error:
# rnutil mkhomedir_helper bob
INFO: Checking homedir for user bob
ERROR: /home is on the root fs.FYI - I deleted the home directories with a bad rsync command. Funny I could delete the directories but not create them.
Does /data/home exist? I am guessing not, but we should confirm.
/home is a mount point for /data/home - and I think the error message is telling you that /data/home is not mounted on /home.
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