On 11/13/2014 07:03 AM, Ian A Taylor wrote:
> Sir/Madam
>
> I am looking to configure my linux box, such that
>
>   A user whose home space is on a Windows (cifs) system
>
> Can gain access
>
> I suspect I need to alter entry in auto.home
>
> But I am not clear of the format of the line that goes in their.
>
> In particular, I am not sure, how I tell the entry in auto.home
> to resolve the uid/gid of each particular user
>
> Any help would be sincerely appreciated

There are various parts to the solution.  winbind is probably one part. 
  You may also want to look at pam_cifscreds.


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