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ntlogon.py v0.8b Copyright 2002 by Timothy (rhacer) Grant
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This programme is released under the terms of the GNU Public License
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This programme has NO WARRANTY of any kind, use at your own risk.
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included patch that made machine name %m a macro substitution value.
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Thanks to: Nick Lopez <kimo_sabe@atdot.org>
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PLEASE NOT THAT I AM CONSIDERING THIS A BETA UNTIL I GET SOME FEEDBACK
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FROM USERS ON WHETHER THE MACRO FEATURE WORKS FOR THEM.
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added the ability to define substitution macros: see the useage section
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removed the large docstring from the file and moved the information to
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the USEAGE section of this file
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cleaned up the code and made more flexible
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improved the code comments
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added a -v --version switch
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added a --pause switch which will put a pause statement between each
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non-blank line of the script.
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When I originally posted v0.5 on Freshmeat, I really expected *some*
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feedback. To date this little script has been downloaded over 700 times, but
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absolutely nobody has sent me an e-mail to tell me if it is useful, or if
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it is absolutely the stupidest waste of bandwidth they have ever seen.
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I'd really love to know if even one person other than me and the other techs
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here at Avalon have found it useful.
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rhacer (rhacer@craigelachie.org)
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Thanks to those that did respond to my plea! I'd still love to hear from
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As my experience with Linux and Samba increased, I had no trouble whipping up
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a custom Perl, Python or Bash script to create Samba Logon Scripts, but I
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noticed that I changed things from place to place, and that my users had *no*
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chance of ever figuring out how to modify those scripts themselves.
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In an attempt to create a company wide standard that both my co-workers and my
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customers could *easily* modify I hit upon the scheme I used here.
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I settled on an INI file feel, because most who have experience with Win boxes
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have some concept of INI files.
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The distribution archive contains three files:
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ntlogon.py The actual Python script (place in /usr/local/samba/bin)
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ntlogon.conf A sample configuration file (place in /etc)
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This script was created using Python v1.5.2, and I believe it uses only
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Your smb.conf file needs to contain a netlogon section similar to the
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following (These settings *are not* normal on a RH box. These settings
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are all based on the excellent book that I learned Samba from: Samba
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Integrating Unix and Windows by John D. Blair. It is somewhat out of
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date now, but that's the history of the strange file locations):
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path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
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root preexec = /usr/local/samba/bin/ntlogon --user=%U --os=%m
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root postexec = rm /usr/local/samba/netlogon/%U.bat
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PLEASE SEE NTLOGON.CONF FOR A DETAILED CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE
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This programme will build a Windows NT logon script for users connecting
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to a Samba server. Samba macros that are curently understood:
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%a machine architecture
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%m machine netbios name
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This programme reads a configuration that looks strikingly similar to both
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the Samba configuration file, and a DOS "boot menu" AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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The default file name is /etc/ntlogon.conf (though I really think it ought
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to be called ntlogon.batch!) You may change the filename by using the -f
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or --templatefile startup option.
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The default netlogon directory is /usr/local/samba/netlogon though this
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can be changed with the -d or --dir startup option.
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The default batch file name generated is username.bat if no username is
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specified the default value is logon.bat (e.g., if --user=fred is specified
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on the command line then the logon script generated will be stored in
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Use the --debug option to print the logon script to screen instead of the
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Use the --pause option to place a pause statement between each line of the
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script to assist in debugging a logon script.
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The file is divided into sections that have headers in square brackets
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The file may also contain user defined substitution macros. They are
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defined by placing the macro name on the left side of an equal sign,
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and the substitution text on the right side of the equal sign. They
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are also case sensitive:
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SERVERNAME = myservername
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They are referenced by prepending a "%" sign to the variable name:
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NET USE %MAINDRIVE \\\\servername\\mainshare /YES
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NET USE %USERDRIVE \\\\%SERVERNAME\\usershare /YES
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Nick Lopez <kimo_sabe@atdot.org> for the net bios name patch.
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Author : Timothy (rhacer) Grant
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I can be reached at tjg@craigelachie.org
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ntlogon website www.craigelachie.org/rhacer/ntlogon
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Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, improvements, bugs you